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Book Review: Blinding Night by Chantal Gadoury
Ah, so if you keep up with my book reviews you know I am fan of Chantal Gadoury, so I was REALLY excited to get my hands on Blinding Night, a retelling of the story of Hades and Persephone. But this is no ordinary retelling! You can order this Amazon and don’t forget to add it to your Goodreads! This is available on October 2nd! See my review below… Blinding Night gets 5/5 stars! Two reviews (spoiler free and spoilers) Spoiler free: Like I said, this isn’t my first book to read of Chantal’s. But it’s hands down my absolute favorite. Chantal’s writing style is one that reels you in…
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Book Review: Windswept by Jadie Jones
I am so behind on my TBR list with all the edits from The Halves of Us this spring/summer – but I dove right into my stack a few weeks ago, and I was so ready to start book 2 of this series! Whew! I stayed up wayyyyyy past my bedtime last night finishing this book (and by that I mean like reading 45% in one day!). I did a cover reveal post for this back in February and couldn’t wait to get my hands on it (you can read that here)! This is the second book in the Hightower trilogy and I ADORED the first installment (review here). And…
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Conceptual Photo Inspired by Nicole Tone’s Poetry Collection
My youngest sister, Olivia (or Liv) came to visit last week – and as always I made her model for me. I read Nicole Tone’s poetry collection, Secrets of the High Priestess (which you can order on Amazon here), late last year and have had ideas for conceptual shots rummage through my head since then. If you haven’t read it, I HIGHLY recommend picking up a copy. The entire book felt like Nicole was reading my mind and was so beautifully articulated it gave me chills! I wanted to do something to physically represent how her work impacted me and thought a conceptual shoot would be best. I began to…
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Music and Lyrics – Collaboration with Meredith Sanders
Editing can be overwhelming – and editing two books at once, while working a full time job really overwhelmed me this spring. I decided in June I needed a break from editing, and made goals to push myself creatively in other ways and return to editing in July. One of the first things I did was plan shoots to do mid-month with my sister and my cousin (will post about those later, I promise). The second thing I did was turn to a different type of writing – poetry. I’ve been reading a lot more poetry collections lately, and I wanted visit that type of artful writing to dive deeper into my personal emotions and…
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Happy Release Day to Melody Winter – Sachael Discovery!
I have been an avid reader of Melody Winter for a few years now, and man I am so excited about this next installment of the Mine Series, Sachael Discovery! Read more about it below and add this one (and the whole series if you haven’t started it yet) to your Goodreads! I will be posting a review very soon! :] War has come to Saicean. With Orontes as King of the Oceanids, the threat to Saicean and its inhabitants has never been greater. The Oceanid army has laid siege to the underwater paradise, and Estelle Bailey once again finds herself trapped by Orontes’s hand. This time, within the walls…
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THE HALVES OF US – Cover Reveal Day!
Eeeeeks! Today is the day – so I can share this LOVELY (amazing, gorgeous, beautiful – okay I will stop now) cover! But seriously – I am so excited about this. Not only because this is my debut novel, and the story means so much to me, but also because they used my photos from a conceptual shoot I did for the story! How cool is that? Here is a blurb about the story: Twin Sisters: one destined to rule, one cursed to destroy. Some say blood is thicker than water. But for twin sisters, Adie and Aura, their connection runs even deeper than blood. After investigating a surprise attack…
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Hello Spring! (An Update)
I apologize I have been MIA awhile. That is all because I have been stuck in my writing/editing world with the final edits of The Halves of Us (THOU) Book 1, and re-writing/editing THOU Book 2. It’s hard work, yo. I don’t think people realize how much work comes with writing a book. I get the comment often (when I tell people about my book coming out) – Oh, I’ve been thinking I want to write a book. With a particular person even adding I mean how hard could it be?! Umm… There are so many things I wanted to say. SO.MANY.THINGS. Like character development, world building, avoiding clichés,…
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Cover Reveal – SACHAEL DISCOVERY by Melody Winter
I’ve been such a huge fan of Melody Winter for a few years. She is an extremely talented storyteller. If you haven’t read the first two books in this series – you’re missing out! You can buy them and check out her other amazing novels here! But today we are going to talk about her MINE Series. Ahhh! The drama, the romance, the setting, the storytelling…the EVERYTHING. You need to read this series. I can’t wait to get my hands on the third book of this series, Sachael Discovery! War has come to Saicean. With Orontes as King of the Oceanids, the threat to Saicean and its inhabitants has never been greater. The Oceanid…
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Cover Reveal – NOCTURNAL MEETINGS OF THE MISPLACED by R.J. Garcia
You’re going to want to add this to your Goodreads TBR list! [and you can do that here!] Mystery surrounds the town of Summertime, Indiana, where fifteen-year-old Tommy Walker and his little sister are sent to live with relatives they’ve never met. Tommy soon makes friends with Finn Wilds, a rebellious local who lives with his volatile and abusive stepfather, who also happens to be the town’s sheriff. Finn invites Tommy to late night meetings in the woods, where Tommy gets to know two girls. He forms a special and unique connection with both girls. The meetings become a place where the kids, who don’t fit in at school, or…
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Monthly Book Review – (December/January)
Welcome to a (relatively) new monthly series where I post about my latest reads and recommendations! I am a bit behind so this includes reads from December of 2017 and what I have completed so far in January of 2018. I am catching up on my ever-growing-to-be-read-list and this time I have THREE books for you! First, we will talk about Nicole Tone’s collection of poetry entitled Secrets of the High Priestess. I met Nicole on Twitter a few years ago and watched her publishing journey. This is my second book to read of Nicole’s and the first poetry collection I have read in a long time. But goodness this spoke to me…
