Menna van Praag’s The Dress Shop of Dreams was a great book for me to read and review. I mentioned how I felt that, in a society driven mainly by scientific fact and logical reasoning, it’s nice to believe that perhaps magic does still exist. I was touched by the story this author had weaved,… Read More Author Spotlight: Menna van Praag
The main character in Elizabeth Bass’ book, Life is Sweet, is a former teenage star of a hit ‘90s sitcom that decided she had enough of being in the limelight and most to Leeburg, Virginia, a seemingly perfect place to start over and, this time, to lead some sort of a normal life (read more… Read More Author Spotlight: Elizabeth Bass
If I were to list my favourite books of 2014, Jennifer Niven’s All The Bright Places would definitely make it. Actually, it would probably be on my top ten books of 2014 (although it’s set to be published in January 2015). It took a lot of self-control not to post the original seven page review… Read More Author Spotlight: Jennifer Niven
In her Dirt Diaries series, the third and last installment of which I recently reviewed, author Anna Staniszewski continues to develop the character of tween-aged Rachel Lee in a refreshingly positive way. The narrative in this book is not watered down into a simplified, black and white, good versus evil story. Books such as The… Read More Author Spotlight: Anna Staniszewski
The secret is out: one of the main reasons I have been reading and reviewing so many YA books is because I am writing my own. I feel quite grateful that many of the authors whose books I hope to emulate in some form or another have accepted to contribute to my blog in the… Read More Author Spotlight: Andrea Pyros
Name: Aleah Blog: Lovely & Literary Her favorite post: http://www.lovelyliterary.com/on-self-worth-and-writing/ It could be argued that I love this blog because it has to do with one of my biggest passions, writing. It could also be argued that I love it because it discusses another one of my passions: living a spiritual life and contributing to… Read More Blog Review: ‘Lovely & Literary’ by Aleah
One of the first names on my list of authors to be part of the Author Spotlight feature was that of Ripley Patton, whose PSS Chronicles is a series to look out for a couple of reasons. The first has to do with the way she has been financing so many steps of the way… Read More Author Spotlight: Ripley Patton
When I first read Misplaced, I had been impressed with how Lee Murray managed to not fall into certain painful stereotypes when it came to the story of the disappearance of a teenager’s mom. I was most impressed with the way the author dealt with Adam and Skye’s relationship, as it could have easily fallen… Read More Author Spotlight: Lee Murray
The best authors write about what they know. Over the last couple of weeks, I have gotten a pretty close look at what a major illness can do to a family. I don’t think I know nearly enough about it yet to write about it, so I decided to ask my writer friends some questions… Read More Ask An Author: Healing Reads
For some of reason, many readers have been curious about the habits the authors featured on Ask an Author have adopted over the years both with regards to their writing as well as to their general life. I would like to think it’s because our cabal has gained a certain notoriety, but then again it… Read More Ask An Author: Dog or cat? Tea or coffee?