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September 2, 2018
August reading recap and new books
I think summer is officially over, and I’m totally okay with that. Fall weather is my jam. It’s chilly in the morning and the evening, and I can finally wear sweaters again! Plus, the “back to school” vibe has me wanting to write and read and curl up with a cup of tea while I do both. I love fall.
What I read in August
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I started off the month devouring One Dark Throne and The Young Queens by Kendare Blake. These are the second book and a prequel novella, respectively, in the Three Dark Thron...
August 27, 2018
Book announcement, cover reveal, and release date!
And now we will interrupt my usual reading-related posts for an important writing announcement…
Eeek! My book has a cover and a launch date! Check it out!
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The cover was designed by Elizabeth Mackey. I think she did a fantastic job, and I hope you love it as much as I do. Definitely check out her other work on her website. She’s designed a lot of excellent covers.
I’m almost done making all my final changes to the manuscript. Which means…I have scheduled a launch date!
Mark your calendars. Th...
August 1, 2018
July Reading Recap and Epic Fantasy Book Recommendations
July was an action packed month filled with travel, vacations, friends, writing workshops, the beginning of a new writing project, a return to healthy eating (haha), and lots and lots of reading! Yay!
Here’s what I read in July:
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This month started with Tome Topple. I decided my first Tome would be The Tiger’s Daugher by K. Arsenault Rivera, and oh boy. As you may already know if you read my “Mid-Year Book Freakout” post, this is my favorite book I read so far this year. The world-building is...
July 23, 2018
Mid-year Book Freakout Tag
This post is what happens when I’m supposed to be writing my newsletter, but instead start watching BookTube videos and see a new tag video. In this case, you can thank Thoughts on Tomes because her video inspired me to write up my responses to the “Mid-year Book Freakout Tag.”
Questions and responses:
Best book I’ve read so far this year: [image error] The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera — I loved the setting and the world building. I loved the framing of the story, starting in present day and f...July 1, 2018
June recap and mid-year book stats
We’re at the mid-way point for this year, and I’m off to Camp (aka: vacation with friends) to dive deep into my Tome Topple reads. While I do that, here’s a short post to share what I read in June and my mid-year book stats.
I finally got around to seeing why everyone is talking about “Murderbot.” The first book I read this month was All Systems Red by Martha Wells. I really liked the voice in this novella. It had me hooked from the opening paragraph. I also enjoyed the story, but I’m not su...
June 20, 2018
Serendipitous #TomeTopple Timing — Summer Vacation Edition
I just found out that the 6th round of “Tome Topple” (hosted by one of my favorite BookTubers, “Thoughts on Tomes”) will be taking place at the perfect time for me to join in and tackle some of the big books on my Kindle that I’ve been meaning to get around to reading! Yay for good timing!
If you don’t know about Tome Topple, it’s a two week readathon challenge where you read books that have > 500 pages. Graphic novel omnibuses count, but short story anthologies do not. There are a five chall...
June 7, 2018
May recap and birthday book haul
May is over. I celebrated surviving another year around the sun. And, I got some awesome birthday books (and a somewhat bookish, totally lovely oversized mug) from my mama who spoils me. Check it out:
I’ve already read Night of Cake and Puppets on Kindle, and it’s adorable. But, I couldn’t resist asking for this illustrated hard cover edition. I’m definitely planning to re-read it, but I’m saving it for a dark and stormy night in front of the fire. That’s how I read it the first time, and it...
May 11, 2018
April reading summary and other news
Hello there, readers! My April recap is going up pretty late. Sorry about that. The first week of May I was traveling, and this week I’ve been catching up on all the things I missed while I was gone. Now I’m finally getting a chance to sit down and write this post to tell you about what I read in April. Here we go…
I didn’t have to go anywhere in April, and I’m fully recovered from my eye issue. So, I only listened to one ebook this month. That was A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas,...
April 2, 2018
March reading summary and recap
Audiobooks saved my reading life this month. My eye is getting better, but I’ve kept up with the audiobooks because I had a lot of travel this month, and I can listen to them everywhere.
Here’s what I read in March:
If you like Sherlock Holmes, you have got to check out A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas. I’d been wanting to read this series for a while because I love the premise (Sherlock and Watson are both women in this version). But, I had no idea how much I would love the writing...
March 1, 2018
February reading summary and bad luck
I didn’t get much reading done in February even though there was a road trip and a vacation involved. This month, I finished three books and got hit by at least two doses of bad luck. People say bad luck comes in threes. So, I’m really hoping we can leave it at two, but I’m hanging on in case there’s one more to come.
Here are the books I read in February:
The month started off great with a weekend writing retreat to Grass Valley with my San Francisco Area romance writer friends. I had a ver...
