Night of Wonders: Review!

Hello, everyone! I'm here today to review Charity Bishop's new fantasy release, Night of Wonders! Night of Wonders is a YA historical fantasy novel set in India with an all-Indian cast. The book comes out this Friday, May 12th, and you can preorder it on Amazon for $1.99. Eighteen-year-old Anik works in India’s magical Library,...

Calling all fantasy lovers…

Hello there, bookworms! Do you like magic? Do you like romance? Do you like free stuff? If you do, you'll want to pay attention, because I'm here to announce an exciting opportunity to read Charity Bishop's latest novel, Night of Wonders, for free! Night of Wonders is a clean YA fantasy adventure set in India...

Death be not proud (or something like that)

Geez, with that kind of opening, I feel like I should be wearing black and hefting a skull in my hand... This is a post about fictional death, not about death in real life. But in the interests of full disclosure, I think I need my audience to know that I recently experienced the death...

We Love L.M. Montgomery Week: Rilla of Ingleside

It's "We Love L.M. Montgomery Week" over at Hamlette's Soliloquy, and I'm here to join the festivities with a review of my favorite Montgomery novel, Rilla of Ingleside! Rilla of Ingleside is the final book in the Anne of Green Gables series. It follows Anne's youngest daughter Rilla as she comes of age during the...

The Smashing & Dashing 2022 Character Awards

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, munchkins! Once again, it's time for the Smashing & Dashing Character Awards, where we honor the most lovable, most intriguing, and most frustrating fictional characters we encountered in the past twelve months. This tag was originally created by the lovely C.G. Drews @Paper Fury, and I've kept it up...

The “Brideshead Revisited” Deep Dive No One Asked For

When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, "Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away..." Greetings! After a lengthy absence, I have returned, brimming with good cheer and A.E. Housman quotes, to give you the Brideshead Revisited deep dive none of you asked for. We're going to talk about...

#Five Fall Favorites

Happy fall, everyone! I'm sliding in at the end of the week to participate (unofficially) in the #Five Fall Favorites blog party, hosted by the lovely Kate (Willis) Hoppman @Once Upon an Ordinary! Today's prompt is "Top Five Historical Fiction Finds," and we all know I can never resist the temptation to gush about historical...

Pleased to Meet You, I’m a Morally Gray Character

"These guys will literally sit down in a tavern, take a swig of some Strong Drink,™ reach across the table to shake your hand, and say, 'Pleased to meet you, I'm a morally gray character.'" My brother, who is wise, made the above observation recently. I'd been pondering the issue of morally gray characters for...

Legends of Western Cinema Week – Tag!

Howdy! It's that time of year again... time for me to fill out the Legends of Western Cinema Week Tag using only Western books, not Western movies, because I'm weird like that! You all know me by this point; you know I'm an avid book lover and a reluctant movie-watcher, so I don't think anybody...

Stop What You’re Doing and Read Terry Pratchett

Yes, you heard me, buckaroo. Stop what you're doing and read Terry Pratchett. Close this post and go pick up a Terry Pratchett novel. What's that? You're still here? Oh wait... I forgot. Silly of me. There are over fifty Pratchett novels, including forty-one books in the Discworld series alone, and naturally, you're a little...