Genre: Fantasy (playful/quirky, strong romantic subplot) Rating: 5/5 It may be a bit early in the year for a Christmas book review . . . but Christmas is by far my favorite holiday, and in my opinion, it’s never the wrong season for Christmas-themed books or music!...
I wrote this short story as part of a contest-slash-gift with my siblings. The idea was to all write stories following the same prompts, and then give the resulting collection to my parents for their anniversary. Only three of the seven of us actually finished, but I...
Genre: adult fantasy (completely appropriate for younger readers) Rating: 5/5 The Heart of the King is a delightful fantasy novel by Christian author J. J. Fischer, who’s written some of my favorite fantasy novels. (Check out my book reviews on Calor, Caligo, and...
What is literature? Does a book have to be old to be literature? What about literary fiction—is that literature? If all literary fiction is literature, does that mean no genre fiction (i.e. a fantasy novel or murder mystery) is literature? What if you think a book is...
To be totally honest, I mostly read this book because the cover is pretty . . . and I know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but in this case, the cover was accurate! (And it was also endorsed by an author I love, so that helped.) To get the content warnings...
