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a very bookish romance // cover reveal!!

Are you ready? To see the cover for our Valentine’s Day anthology? Ready, Set, Here you go! A Very Bookish Romance, coming January 2024 from authors Sarah Holman, Kellyn Roth, J. Grace Pennington, Abigayle Claire, and myself. I had so much fun creating this cover, and I can’t wait for you to experience our stories....Continue reading »

i got to visit the bookstore

Last week, J and I visited Bookmans, aka reader wonderland, aka budget-friendly haul time. 😍 I spent most of my time in the middle-grade section (of course), but luckily for me teen fiction and religious fiction were right around the corner, so I barely had to navigate the maze of shelves to find exactly what...Continue reading »

cover reveal help needed!

I’m looking for a group of remarkable people (if you catch the reference, ily) to help reveal the cover for our fifth (and FINAL!) A Very Bookish anthology. 😍😍 Here’s a sneak peek… That’s right! This anthology is all about Valentine’s Day! 😁 If you’re interested in helping out, please sign up here. I’ll be...Continue reading »

a conversation in the gardens // “if the stars awaken” excerpt

In honor of the gorgeous, helpful progress my beta-readers are making, I thought it was high time for another excerpt from my upcoming novel, “If the Stars Awaken”. Remember, this is an uncorrected draft. 😉 Enjoy! Soft afternoon light danced across the cobblestones as the tree leaves parted and pushed together in the wind.  Marinne...Continue reading »

the “what’s on my bookshelf” tag

This tag looked like so much fun when E.G. Bella did it, that I decided to scare up some answers and intensely nerdy gifs. 😉 Special thanks to the original creator, Naty’s Bookshelf. And away we go! A Library Book I found Remarkables by Margaret Peterson Haddix at the library then thought it was so...Continue reading »

Please Return to the Lands of Luxury by Jon Tilton // Review

An unexpected treasure. A treacherous journey. A thrilling adventure that will shape her future. Jane lives on an island of trash. And even though she has to scavenge garbage and deal with sinister robots, she still loves her home. It’s all she’s ever experienced, from her most cherished memories to her foggy past that she...Continue reading »

A Tale of Two Shows: One I Quit, One I Continued

I found a new show. A pretty clean detective procedural with a period piece setting, an upstanding, Catholic main character, a slowburn romance, and multiple seasons already out. Absolutely up my alley. 👏 I quit this show after the first handful of episodes. I found another show. Another pretty clean detective procedural, though this one...Continue reading »

To Sequel or Not to Sequel?

I have this problem with sequels. The problem is that I forget to read them. Maybe too many have disappointed me, perhaps I secretly love standalones, or maybe I prefer when an ending is just a little open-ended. That’s probably the reason I have trouble writing sequels too… Hmmm. How do you feel about sequels?

My Top 5 Books for Star Wars Day

Happy 4th of May, aka May the Fourth Be With You, aka Star Wars Day. 😉 My Rose Tico (aka THE COOLEST) Funko pop says hello. 😉 In honor of good sci-fi, I thought I’d share some favorite books that take me to infinity and beyond, both in the galaxy and in their philosophical themes…...Continue reading »

All the Bookish Updates You’d Ever Want to Know (and Ice Cream)

April flew by a little bit slower than I wanted it to (because I was chomping at the bit to get to send my book off to beta-readers, which I did yesterday, eeee), but I managed to get in some fabulous reading and writing (and ice cream). Reading I read a total of eight and...Continue reading »