Young Marian: A Viper in the Forest by Mandy Webster
Title: A Viper in the Forest Author: Mandy Webster Series: Young Marian, #1 Genre: Historical Adventure (folk-tale retelling) Age-Range: 10+ (middle grade/young adult) Era: medieval Setting: Sherwood Forest, England Publisher: Mandy Webster Source: from the author (in exchange for an honest review) Rating: 5/5 stars Content: 3/5. Some violence (swordfights, fistfights, etc.), nothing too gory, but […]
Interview with T.M. Fairman
Today we’ll be featuring an interview with T.M. Fairman, author of 3 Days: A Passion. You can find more about him and his works on Facebook or Goodreads. Welcome to Reveries Reviews, T.M. Fairman. Could you tell the readers a little about yourself? Hi Kellyn. I am a Christian father of four based in the […]
Plotting Crash Course, Day 2: Character Sheets and Aesthetics
Today we’ll be talking about character sheets and novel aesthetics, because I started developing a playlist today, got excited about it, and need to share it with you. Let’s start out with character sheets. Now, everyone has their own version of the character sheets, and you can find about a thousand, all relatively good, by […]
3 Days: A Passion by T.M. Fairman
Title: 3 Days: A Passion Author: T.M. Fairman Genre: Dystopian Inspirational (okay … that sounded better in my head …) Age-Range: 15+ (upper young adult adult) Era: set in the future Setting: England Publisher: T.M. Fairman Source: in author (in exchange for honest review) Rating: 3/5 stars Content: 2/5. Lots of drama (that is pretty […]
We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Programing …
… to bring you a special news bulletin! First, I just had a mental block and couldn’t figure out how to spell ‘bulletin’ for, like, five minutes. Which is weird because I’m usually a pretty good speller … Second (and more importantly), I just finished writing Ivy Introspective! I know! It’s so exciting! Yes, I […]
No Pizza Delivery? by Grace Marshall
Title: No Pizza Delivery? Author: Grace Marshall Series: Horse Haven, #1 Genre: Contemporary Christian Comedy Age-Range: 13+ (young adult) Era: contemporary Setting: United States – Missouri and Wisconsin Publisher: Grace Marshall Source: from the author (in exchange for honest review) Rating: 4/5 stars Content: 2/5, rude humor, mentions of thinking a guy’s hot (not really […]
September Character Studies: Celebrations
You may not have noticed, but I was too busy to do last month’s character study, so I’m doing it today. 🙂 There are ten questions here. You can also find them on Morgan Dusky’s amazing blog, Studies in Character. Remember to check them out and perhaps do them yourself! The theme this month is ‘celebrations […]
Set-Up for the Plotting Crash Course
(WARNING: Spoilers for The Dressmaker’s Secret. May also be minor spoilers for Ivy Introspective. And possibly for At Her Fingertips, though I’m doing the best I can to make sure they stay out! If you see one that shocks you, give me a good yelling at.) A few things you ought to know before you […]
The Painting by Kathleen J. Shields
Title: The Painting Author: Kathleen J. Shields Genre: Christian Allegory Age-Range: 15+ (young adult) Era: contemporary Setting: contemporary world Publisher: Kathleen J. Shields Source: from author (in exchange for honest review) Rating: 2/5 stars Content: 3/5. Bullying, depressing subjects. Didn’t really bug me, but some people are sensitive about that kind of stuff. The Painting by […]
A Step-by-Step Guide to Publishing with Createspace for Intelligent People (Part 2)
I know, I know! It’s been over a month since I promised part 2 for ‘A Step-to-Step Guide to Publishing with Createspace for Intelligent People’ would come out. (You can read part 1 here, by the way.) I do have an excuse, though. Createspace is a pretty easy-to-use, simple self-publishing site, and if you’re really […]
Dares for October 2016
Well. I can’t believe September is over already! That went by in the flash. 😛 Well, let’s see how I did this September! 🙂 Dares for September 2016 Reading Read five books. Check! I think I read … eight? And those are only the ones I remembered to mark on Goodreads … that weren’t for […]
Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace
Title: Emily of Deep Valley Author: Maud Hart Lovelace Series: Deep Valley, #2 (can definitely be read as a stand-alone, though) Genre: Historical/Classic Romance/Literary Fiction Age-Range: 12+ (upper middle grade/young adult/adult) Era: 1910s (later Edwardian) Setting: Deep Valley, Minnesota Publisher: Harper Trophy (first published 1950) Source: library/now own Rating: 5/5 stars Content: 1/5. I can’t […]
