Recently I've been enjoying The Shit No One Tells You About Writing podcast, hosted by author and creative writing instructor Bianca Marais and literary agents Carly Watters and Cecilia Lyra from P.S. Literary Agency. For the first half of each episode, Carly and Cecilia pick apart authors' query ...
Book Review: The Road Trip
Best-selling author Beth O’Leary (The Flatshare and The Switch) delivers another entertaining, heart-warming piece of contemporary fiction, this time about first loves and second chances. SYNOPSIS: Addie Gilbert has never truly gotten over Dylan since their terrible break-up two years ago. So ...
Book Review: Write My Name Across the Sky
Finally, a book review. About time. 😬 I’ve been busy with my oldest starting preschool and us getting into a new rhythm. Sadly I didn’t get this out in time for its pub day on August 10th, but I got close. Thank you to Celadon Books and Netgalley for my gifted copy. SYNOPSIS: The latest ...
Book Review: Know My Name
I’ve been reading this book slowly over the last month. It’s definitely not one to rush through.One night in January 2015, Brock Turner assaulted Chanel Miller at a Stanford campus party. Brock was arrested and later sentenced to 6 months in county jail, but Chanel—known then as Emily Doe—found ...
Book Review: We Are the Brennans
I thoroughly enjoyed this debut from Tracey Lange! A special thanks to NetGalley and Celadon Books for my gifted copy. It’s coming out August 3rd, 2021. SYNOPSIS: Five years ago, Sunday Brennan fled her New York home for California, leaving her family reeling and her fiancé heartbroken. When ...