December 2016 Spotlight: I Don’t Usually Write in this Genre …
I know it’s been several months (September, to be precise) since the last spotlight, but you remember what a spotlight is, right? Well, just to refresh your memory (or to inform you if you just started following me), it’s me shining a ‘spotlight’ on something I’m working on at the moment. Kinda like an author […]
Blue Skies Tomorrow by Sarah Sundin
Title: Blue Skies Tomorrow Author: Sarah Sundin Series Wings of Glory, #3 Genre: Historical Adventure/Romance Age-Range: 13+ (young adult/adult) Era: 1940s (WW2) Setting: California (USA), England, France/Germany Publisher: Revell Books Source: library Rating: 5/5 stars Content: 3/5 stars. No language. There’s a war going on, which Jack participates in. People are dying, planes are being shot […]
Unbroken by Rebekah A. Morris
Title: Unbroken Author: Rebekah A. Morris Series: Triple Creek Ranch, #1 Genre: Christian/Literary Fiction Age-Range: 12+ (upper middle grade/young adult) Era: 1800s/early 1900s Setting: the West (yes, that is the best I can do!) Publisher: Read Another Page Publishing Source: from author (as a gift) Rating: 4/5 stars Content: 1/5. Mentions of injuries. No language. […]
In Which I Fail at Vlogging. Again.
Dear Reader, Unfortunately for you, I attempted vlogging again. Yep. That’s right. I made a vlog post today. I made three, actually. All on the same subject. The subject being ‘general author updates.’ The first time, I forgot what I was talking about. The second time, my brothers dived behind me and danced. The third […]
A Memory Between Us by Sarah Sundin
Title: A Memory Between Us Author: Sarah Sundin Series: Wings of Glory, #2 Genre: Historical Adventure/Romance Age-Range: 15+ (upper young adult/adult) Era: 1940s (WW2) Setting: England Publisher: Revell Books Source: library Rating: 5/5 stars Content: 3/5. First, obviously, there is a war going on, planes are being shot down, people are dying/almost dying/being gravely wounded. […]
December 2016 Dares
Once again we come around to our dares. As I skipped the month of November dare-wise (as all I wanted to do was write At Her Fingertips, which I did succeed at), I have nothing to fill you in on. That’s right. This month you don’t get to scroll through my post laughing maniacally at […]
Hold Me Close by Marguerite Martin Gray
Title: Hold Me Close Author: Marguerite Martin Gray Series: Revolutionary Faith, #1 Genre: Historical Romance Age-Range: 13+ (young adult/adult) Era: 1770s (Revolution) Setting: Charles Town, Virginia Publisher: WestBow Press Source: author (in exchange for honest review) Rating: 4.5/5 stars Content: 2/5. No language. Little violence; mostly mentions of violence, uprisings, impending war, etc. A couple […]
A Coronation of Kings by Samuel Stokes
Title: A Coronation of Kings Author: Samuel Stokes Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Age-Range: 13+ (young adult) Setting: medieval fantasy world Publisher: Samuel Stokes Source: author (in exchange for an honest review) Rating: 4/5 stars Content: 3/5. Lots of violence, though it’s not extremely gory at any time. Realistic depictions of war. I wasn’t disturbed by it […]
NaNoWriMo 2016: Wrap-Up
At Her Fingertips is officially finished at 66,172 words. Yesterday I wrote 8,611 which brought me to 65,978 words. I wrote the rest this morning. I’m pretty proud of myself. Last NaNo, I wrote 40,000-some words; the NaNo before that, it was 36,000. Both times, I barely made that. This year, however, it was easy […]
