Blind Date with a Book – A Book “Shop” Meet Cute

I froze where I had been dancing - alone in my apartment. Was that what I thought it was? As if in reply it came again, a soft: Knock, knock I went into a crouched position, as if somehow whomever was outside my door might be able to see me. When in fact they probably …

The Spine – A Book Shop Meet Cute

His warm breath at her neck sent a shiver skittering down her spine. To be this close to him. To feel his thumbs graze... "Ma'am?"  The words made me flinch. Not necessarily due to their connotation but more likely due to the fact that they just interrupted a really good part.  I did what most …

Unsigned: A Book Shop Meet Cute

I wasn't supposed to be working today. Technically I wasn't working according to the regional manager. I was assisting with an author's Q&A that I was luckily given time off in order to attend. 'You can't imagine how busy events like this can be,' the echoes of his voice still reverberated within me. 'The very …

Gleeman’s Tales – Review

Goodreads Synopsis: Gnochi Gleeman is not like other entertainers. Because of his expansive knowledge of pre-apocalyptic Earth, the stories he tells are valued well beyond the flashes of an illuminator, or the spheres of a juggler. Gnochi spent the first decade of his career telling stories while traveling between taverns, inns, and any hole-in-the-wall which …

The Panagea Tales – Series Review

Buckle up literary lovelies! I am about to pull you down a fantastical rabbit hole with my series review of The Panagea Tales by McKenzie Austin! Goodreads Synopsis for The Panagea Tales Box Set: The Complete Epic Fantasy Series - Enchanted pocket watches, vengeful gods and goddesses, and a world built by iron and steam: …

What Heals the Heart – Review

Goodreads Synopsis: Joshua Gibbs survived the Civil War, building on his wartime experiences to become a small town doctor. And if he wakes from nightmares more often than he would like, only his dog Major is there to know it. Then two newcomers arrive in Cowbird Creek: Clara Brook, a plain-speaking and yet enigmatic farmer’s …

The Bell Jar – Who Wore it Best

Welcome back to another Wednesday of Who Wore it Best where our book covers walk the literary red carpet to be enjoyed (hopefully) by everyone. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Path has been one book I have been wanting to read for quite some time. I had hoped to have it finished by the last …

Splintered Trust – Review

Again we have another review by an author whose name you might recognize dear readers! You can find my review for the first book in this series Splintered Courage here! Goodreads Synopsis: Trust: Firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability or strength of someone or something. What happens when the one you irrevocably trust betrays …

Rotten Magic – Review

Goodreads Synopsis: Would you sacrifice your future to practice magic? Artificers are the gilded princes of the Iron Empire. Mages are violent criminal outcasts. Devin competes to become the best artificer in the empire . . . but he's secretly a mage. All the apprentices in the Artificer's Guild compete by building crude prototypes of …

From the perspective of the page

Dearest Readers, For the vast majority of my life, I have been teased for my tendency to provide human characteristics to inanimate objects as well as animals, otherwise known as personification. I am sure I have even dipped my toe into the depths of anthropomorphism, which according to dictionary.com is the: The attribution of human …