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my first book with sprayed edges

I love a book with sprayed edges. I’ve seen a few at Barnes and Noble that have caught my attention and a couple at Goodwill I almost bought. I also love that indies are breaking into the sprayed edges market with their special editions. I hadn’t found one yet that I wanted until last month […]

Write Into Fall Blog Tag

This blog tag was developed last year for the release of the lovely anthology Novelists in November. I found the tag through Jana from Reviews from the Stacks. Thanks, everyone! This looks like a lot of fun. 😉 Let’s get started! What project or book are you most excited to work on this fall? I […]

it’s not just worldbuilding

CW: this post discusses violence against women in fiction, including rape. I went through a phase where I read, or at least *tried* to read, a lot of prairie fiction. I love the setting, the quasi-historical elements, and the sweet romances of this genre. But I started to notice a trend. Every. single. last. book. […]

a divine book find

My mental health is an odd beast. It’s so much better in some ways, and so much worse in others. One night, I suggested we watch my favorite Little Women adaptation (2017, BBC, they actually give Beth agency and respect), then mere minutes later, I asked for it to be turned off. It was stressing […]

a tour of my tea

I unabashedly drink tea all year round, and usually it’s hot tea, even when it’s hot outside too. But there’s no denying that the Cozy Months are an even greater catalyst for enjoying tea, so I thought I’d give you all a tour of my favorites. We have a ton of tea! One of our […]

my top 5 favorite banned books

Book challenges/bans have been a more recent topic of awareness for me, and this year I thought I’d share a post in honor of Banned Books Week. Before I share my favorite banned/challenged books, I wanted to make three things clear. In no particular order, here are my favorite banned books, and the reasons I […]

Raymie Nightingale was unexpectedly beautiful

Instead of sharing regular reviews here (that will stay on my Goodreads), I’ve decided to highlight my most favoritest of favorite books this year. 😉 I’ve already covered a few, which you can find by clicking the “Favorites” tag. A book I originally rejected I don’t even remember this, but apparently J showed me a copy of this […]

comp titles for Letters for Victory

We’re just a couple months out from the release of “Letters for Victory”, my middle-grade World War 2 homefront story. Since the beginning, I was very intentional to write this story in the style and spirit of the sibling stories I grew up enjoying. If I were brave enough to compare my book to others […]

this is a season of its own

This post was inspired by Jana’s “You Don’t Have to Fix a Reading Slump“. I have been reading so much lately, and this whole year, really. I’m up to almost 150 books, double what I used to regularly read. It’s a little scary to me, this opposite-of-a-reading-slump. Am I reading too much? Am I just […]

September: book hauls, fall vibes, and baking show

September… The beginning of my favorite season and a month I was looking forward to for many reasons. 🧡 This past summer, I went on a three-month-long book buying ban. That ended the beginning of this month, and I was ready with wishlists and a game plan. I used my Barnes and Noble giftcard and […]