Serena Agusto-Cox's Blog, page 18
November 23, 2022
Sway by Tricia Johnson
Source: Publisher Paperback, 108 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Sway by Tricia Johnson is best read a few poems at a time, dipping in and out of nature’s changes and seasons. Johnson’s poems are primarily focused on nature and the narrator is caught up in all the beauty. She’s distracted by it, enthralled by […]
November 22, 2022
Accomplished by Amanda Quain (audio)
Source: Purchased Audible, 9+ hrs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Accomplished by Amanda Quain, narrated by Deva Marie Gregory, focuses on high school-age Georgiana Darcy who is struggling to find herself after Wickham entangles her in his drug-dealing scheme at her private school.She is a bit dramatic, probably too many regency romance shows for her. […]
November 21, 2022
Mailbox Monday #709
Mailbox Monday has become a tradition in the blogging world, and many of us thank Marcia of The Printed Page for creating it. It now has its own blog where book bloggers can link up their own mailbox posts and share which books they bought or which they received for review from publishers, authors, and […]
November 16, 2022
Fixed Star by Suzanne Frischkorn
Source: Purchased Paperback, 72 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Fixed Star by Suzanne Frischkorn is an amalgam of found poetry and structure poems mirroring the culture and identity that many of us have over time. We find that there are fixed points in our culture and identity and that there also are found parts […]
November 15, 2022
Guest Post: Daydreaming Is the Thing by Mary Salisbury, author of Side Effects of Wanting
Today’s guest is Mary Salisbury, who has a new book out from Main Street Rag. Let’s learn about Side Effects of Wanting: Side Effects, Mary Salisbury’s impressive debut collection, introduces a writer whose voice compels and enchants, its quiet and subtle vibrancy pitch perfect, story after story, and intensified by the quietness that surrounds each. […]
November 14, 2022
Mailbox Monday #708
Mailbox Monday has become a tradition in the blogging world, and many of us thank Marcia of The Printed Page for creating it. It now has its own blog where book bloggers can link up their own mailbox posts and share which books they bought or which they received for review from publishers, authors, and […]
November 11, 2022
Veterans Day 2022
Today is the day we honor those who sacrifice so much when entering military service. While we may not agree with every war, military action, etc., please remember that our military goes where the government tells them to go and they serve with honor and many with compassion. Our veterans often come home battered and […]
November 7, 2022
Mailbox Monday #707
Mailbox Monday has become a tradition in the blogging world, and many of us thank Marcia of The Printed Page for creating it. It now has its own blog where book bloggers can link up their own mailbox posts and share which books they bought or which they received for review from publishers, authors, and […]
November 3, 2022
Brave Like Mom by Monica Acker
Source: Media Masters Publicity Hardcover, 32 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Brave Like Mom by Monica Acker, illustrated by Paran Kim, is a story of two young girls whose mom is battling cancer and her girls see her as strong and brave. They want to be like her and not shed tears. But these […]
November 2, 2022
Why We Never Visited the Elms by Marianne Szlyk
Source: Purchased Paperback, 37 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Why We Never Visited the Elms by Marianne Szlyk are poems that explore what could have been to what is now. Each poem is a journey, a microcosm of the larger journey the collection takes the reader on. The journey begins with the narrator and […]
