Around here, I think we’re finally settling into summer. The kids are finally not waking up before 8 AM, and I’m getting a couple hours of work done before they get up. I’m getting into a groove of working/not working — and I’m not going lie. Not working every day is a little weird (and I’ll probably get used to… Read More
Archives for June 2018
5 Books I’m Reading Right Now
Note: This post contains affiliate links. Meaning if you click and purchase, I’ll receive a small commission and you’ll be helping support my book habit. Up until college, I was only able to read one book at a time. But then multiple literature classes all in the same semester forced me out of my comfortable one-book-at-a-time bubble, and now I’ll rarely… Read More
Dive Into Todd Calgi Gallicano’s The Selkie of San Francisco
In the thrilling sequel to Guardians of the Gryphon’s Claw, an epic adventure novel that “is sure to keep lovers of Rick Riordan running to the shelves,” Sam London dives headlong into his second case involving a selkie, a mysterious girl, and an ominous new threat to the mythical and human worlds (School Library Journal)! Sam London didn’t mean to… Read More
Day In the Life: Gillian Bronte Adams
I don’t know that I have a “typical” writing day yet. Right now, every day is different, and I never really know what the next will hold. So, here’s a glimpse at a day last week when I was in the midst of a KILLER scene that did NOT want to be written while on a writing retreat (aka taking… Read More
In Review: Song of Leira
Note: This review contains affiliate links. Confession time. I generally don’t read high fantasy. I preface that because I’m about to highly recommend a fantasy novel (series really), and if I do that, you know it has to be that good. Song of Leira is the third (and final) book in Gillian Bronte Adams’ Songkeeper Chronicles. It’s one of those series that… Read More
Spotlight: God Bless America: The Story of an Immigrant Named Irving Berlin
Title: GOD BLESS AMERICA: THE STORY OF AN IMMIGRANT NAMED IRVING BERLIN Author: Adah Nuchi, Rob Polivka (Illustrations) Pub. Date: June 5, 2018 Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Formats: Hardcover, eBook Pages: 40 Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, B&N, iBooks, TBD An inspiring portrait of an immigrant and the gift he gave his new home. Persecuted as Jews, Izzy Baline and his family emigrated from Russia to New York, where he fell in love with… Read More
What I Read in May
Note: This post contains affiliates — basically meaning if you click on a link below and purchase, I receive a small commission (which help in turn to support my book habit …) I feel like I go through reading slumps every other month and then read all the books like a mad person. I hardly read anything in March/April (given I was… Read More