The following is a guest post by author Marlene M. Bell, whose book, A Hush At Midnight, I reviewed here. I ended up becoming an independent author by accident. The best way to describe it is on a dare from my 4H club parents who asked for a non-fiction how-to book on raising sheep. If… Read More Guest Post: Thoughts On Being An Independent Author, by Marlene M. Bell
About the Author, Marlene M. Bell Marlene M. Bell is an accomplished artist and photographer who takes pride in entertaining fans on multiple levels with her creativity. Marlene’s award-winning Annalisse series boasts Best Mystery honors for all installments including these: IP Best Regional Australia/New Zealand, Global Award Best Mystery, and Chanticleer’s International Mystery and Mayhem… Read More Book Review: A Hush At Midnight, by Marlene M. Bell
Butterly is at it again! This time, the team sent me, last week, two Yves St-Laurent Loveshine High-Shine Caring Lipsticks and Urban Decay’s Face Bond Waterproof Foundation. It’s been a week, and I have been asked to post a review within a week of receiving the products, so I again am focusing on only the… Read More Product Review: Yves St-Laurent’s Loveshine Lipstick & Urban Decay’s Face Bond Foundation
Butterly has been spoiling me lately! The team sent me, earlier this month, their Earth Month Package containing three products to review: Clean Reserve’s H2Eau rollerball perfume in Nectarine Petal, Tom’s of Maine’s Natural Deodorant in Rose Vanilla, and Blue Lizard’s SPF 50 sunscreen for sensitive skin. I have recently started posting follow-up reviews about… Read More Product Review: Clean Reserve H2EAU, Tom’s Deodorant, and Blue Lizard Sunscreen
Tl,DR: If you want to support my writing without buying my books, please use my affiliate links (listed here) to purchase books or products you would purchase from Amazon USA anyhow. As you know, I have written a few children’s books in the last few years. I’m incredibly grateful for the support I have received… Read More Announcement: Launching Amazon USA Affiliate Links for Recommended Books
Butterly recently gifted me with a rollerball perfume from Clean Reserve’s H2EAU collection, in Brilliant Peony. Because I only have 7 days to post a review after receiving the product, I’m going to briefly discuss the company and its practices, and the product and its contents. However, just like with the T-Fal pan, I will… Read More Product Review: Clean Reserve’s H2EAU collection, in Brilliant Peony
I have read many memoirs this year, and since many of the points that they bring up are the same, I decided to break away from tradition and, instead of a monthly round-up, do a memoir round-up. Celebrities and public figures lives in a realm of their own. I don’t think they should, though, quite… Read More Book Review Round-Up: January to June 2023, Part 2 – Memoirs
Anyone who has run a book review website or a bookstagram knows that sometimes, you just have to read for the sake of reading, and take time off reviewing. That’s what I’ve done for the last few months and it has been glorious. For the most part, it gave me time to be discerning, for… Read More Book Review Round-Up: January to June 2023, Part 1
This project has been quite the journey; a big thank you to you for reading along, for sharing, as well as for reaching out, either in the comments or through my DMs, to offer loving encouragement and checking in on me. Yes, it was difficult delving so deeply into these stories, because although ultimately, these… Read More #OurStoryIsOne: Some Thoughts On The Ten Bahá’í Women Martyred in Shiraz 40 Years Ago
One of the reasons I decided to write these posts in order of age is that I wanted to have mother and daughter at both ends of the series of posts. Well, almost, since Roya was the second youngest of the group. But let’s just roll with it! Ezzat-Janami Eshraghi was born in 1926 in… Read More #OurStoryIsOne: Ezzat-Janami Eshraghi, 57
