Victorious Pages: The Return
Hello awesome nerds and happy Thursday everyone!
OMG… Wait…
HAPPY 2022 Y’ALL! 
You’re right. Last time I wrote here, it was back in September 2021, after informing you I wanted to take a step back, recharge, relax and come back when I felt ready again.
Truth be told, I did not relax, not even in the slightest. But I was feeling this need of coming back and writing here more and more over the past few weeks, so… here I am!
I honestly hope you guys missed our weekly chats just as much as I did.
While being absent from the blog-sphere, I focused more and more on BookBrewed, worked a lot with my inner self, chose to step away from toxic people and toxic situations, and now I feel like I’m finally finding my old self again. You know, that bubbly, goofball I used to be, until the end of 2020.
That was more or less the “personal” work I did. On the more exciting aspect, I read a few amazing and some not-that-amazing books, watched some really cool movies and shows, and started working on my writing projects again.
All will be shared in full detail in the coming weeks (I hope). In the meantime though, I wanna share some really exciting news with you guys.
You may remember that back in early 2021, I had the privilege and honour of participating in Bree Barton’s launch party, for the release of Soul of Cinder, the third and final book in the Heart of Thorns series (which if you haven’t read yet, I highly, highly suggest you do).
In less than two weeks, on April 26, I will be participating in the launch party for the release of… Zia Erases the World! This is Bree’s debut MG novel and I couldn’t feel prouder of her! I was lucky enough to read the manuscript and help a bit, being Greek myself. And I’m saying this because Zia, the protagonist of the book, is half-Greek herself.
“Luminous, empowering, and full of heart-healing truths, this is a novel that belongs on every shelf.–Katherine Applegate, Newbery Award winning author
For fans of Crenshaw and When You Trap a Tiger comes the extraordinary tale of a headstrong girl and the magical dictionary she hopes will explain the complicated feelings she can’t find the right words for–or erase them altogether.
Zia remembers the exact night the Shadoom arrived. One moment she was laughing with her best friends, and the next a dark room of shadows had crept into her chest. Zia has always loved words, but she can’t find a real one for the fear growing inside her. How can you defeat something if you don’t know its name?
After Zia’s mom announces that her grouchy Greek yiayia is moving into their tiny apartment, the Shadoom seems here to stay. Until Zia discovers an old family heirloom: the C. Scuro Dictionary, 13th Edition.
This is no ordinary dictionary. Hidden within its magical pages is a mysterious blue eraser shaped like an evil eye. When Zia starts to erase words that remind her of the Shadoom, they disappear one by one from the world around her. She finally has the confidence to befriend Alice, the new girl in sixth grade, and to perform at the Story Jamboree. But things quickly dissolve into chaos, as the words she erases turn out to be more vital than Zia knew.
In this raw, funny, and at times heartbreaking middle grade debut, Bree Barton reveals how–with the right kind of help–our darkest moments can nudge us toward the light.”
If you haven’t pre-ordered the book yet, make sure you do! You will laugh, cry and definitely connect with the characters of this novel.
How’s your week been so far, dearies? Have you read anything good these past couple of weeks? Also, do you have any show recommendations for me on Netflix? I feel like I have watched everything that’s more or less my cup of… coffee.
Thank you all so very much for stopping by once again. It truly means the world to me and I want you to know that I most certainly don’t take your presence here for granted.
Love you all to Pluto and back, wonderful creatures!
Till next time… Toodles! 
