I had my eye on Stealing Home for months! I’m a big Nicole Williams fan. I loved the Crash series (five stars all around!) and while I liked Lost & Found a little less, I still enjoyed it quite a bit. So when the synopsis […]
Nevernight by Jay Kristoff – Bloodbaths, F-Bombs, and Sex
Massive thanks to Harper Voyager UK for providing me with an advanced reading copy! ♥ Things I Loved An adult fantasy book I loved the fact that Nevernight was an adult book. Sure, the main character is a “young adult”, but I wouldn’t class the […]
How to Keep Your Blog Authentic
This is kind of a funny post because as soon as someone takes advice on how to be authentic, that almost makes them less authentic. Furthermore, “authentic” means something different to everyone. There is no one, single right answer there. Not everything in this list […]
5 Blogging Lessons I’m Glad I Learned
I’ve had this blog since April 2012. That’s over four years now. It took me a long time to find my groove in the blogging world and I had plenty of insecurities along the way (I still do). But here are five things I finally […]
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – The Good and the Bad
On July 21st and 22nd, I had the pleasure of seeing Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in London. Overall, I enjoyed it IMMENSELY. There was something really spectacular and special about seeing Harry Potter in play form. For me, it wasn’t totally perfect though. […]
The Difference between WordPress.com, Premium, and Self Hosted
WordPress.com WordPress.com with a custom domain. WordPress.com Premium WordPress.org / self-hosted What the hell is the difference between all these?? The WordPress differences are confusing. It’s all because there’s a WordPress.com and a WordPress.org and they look the same except for the end of the […]
What Do You Do When a Book Destroys You for All Other Books? (plus a look at the last two books I couldn’t finish)
C.L. Wilson has destroyed me Surely you remember how I raved about The Winter King? Well after finishing that amazing five-million-star book, I proceeded to read the entire Tairen Soul series (also by Wilson), which I adored JUST AS MUCH!! Six of Wilson’s books later, […]
The Dangers of Using a Free Blogging Platform (and why your site may disappear one day)
It seems like every year around this time, Google (the owners of Blogspot) go on a pruning spree. They start suspending and terminating Blogspot blogs for “violating the terms and conditions”. Despite the fact that many of these bloggers have done no such thing. In […]
5 Things I Like to See on an Author’s Website
1) Active social media profile links I’m not interested in links to social media sites they’re not active on. What’s the point? But if they freakin’ love Twitter and they’re on there all the time, then they better have a link to their Twitter profile! […]
I Unsubscribed From Your Newsletter
Okay maybe I didn’t unsubscribe from your newsletter specifically, but I unsubscribed from a lot over the past few weeks. Here are some of the reasons why: I’m not your target audience. This is the one reason that hurt. I felt guilty. I was subscribed […]