DISCLAIMER: THE 30-DAY BOOK CHALLENGE IS CREATED BY PROFESSIONAL BOOK NERDS. I’M MERELY RESPONDING to THEIR PROMPTS FOR MY OWN WRITING CHALLENGE. Like in my previous post, I have a number of honorable mentions. Among them are Illusions, Anne of Green Gables, Screwtape Letters, and Jo’s Boys. The rest of them I already wrote about…
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PBN 30-day Book Challenge Day 4: Book You Remember from Childhood
Disclaimer: The 30-Day Book Challenge is created by Professional Book Nerds. I’m merely responding to their prompts for my own writing challenge. I have three responses to this prompt and they aren’t any of the Harry Potter novels. Winnie the Pooh and Friends Among the gifts I received as a child, this book-set, in particular,…
A Reader-response to Kristin Ward’s “The Girl of Dorcha Wood” #TheWriteReads #Blogtour
DISCLAIMER: THE WRITE READS PROVIDED ME A DIGITAL COPY OF THE NOVEL THE GIRL OF DORCHA WOOD BY KRISTIN WARD IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW. Summary I got from Goodreads: Treacherous. Evil. Dark. Dorcha Wood is all of these things. And none of them. The people of Felmore talk of Dorcha Wood in whispers, if they speak…
PBN 30-day Book Challenge Day 3: Book you did not finish
Disclaimer: The 30-Day Book Challenge is created by Professional Book Nerds. I’m merely responding to their prompts for my own writing challenge. Oh, boy! Where do I start? First, let me set the scope of ‘books I did not finish’ to novels. Rarely do I crack open a non-fiction book and start reading from the…
PBN 30-day Book Challenge Day 2: Favorite Book by Your Favorite Writer
Disclaimer: The 30-Day Book Challenge is created by Professional Book Nerds. I’m merely responding to their prompts for my own writing challenge. This prompt is quite challenging for me to respond to as I tend to think the work is a separate entity from the author in terms of the scope of favoritism. Reading the…
PBN 30-day Book Challenge Day 1: Favorite Book in a Series
Disclaimer: The 30-Day Book Challenge is created by Professional Book Nerds. I’m merely responding to their prompts for my own writing challenge. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban has always been my favorite book since I was a child. To be fair, the series is one of my favorites but this book, in particular,…
My Thoughts on Olivia Lara’s “The Meeting Point” #TheWriteReads #UltimateBlogTour
DISCLAIMER: THE WRITE READS AND aria fiction PROVIDED ME AN E-ARC OF THE NOVEL THE meeting point BY olivia lara IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW. Summary I got from Goodreads: What if the Lift driver who finds your cheating boyfriend’s phone holds the directions to true love? ‘Who are you and why do you have my boyfriend’s…
A Reader’s Response to Aisling Fowler’s “Fireborn Twelve and the Frozen Forest” #TheWriteReads #UltimateBlogTour
DISCLAIMER: THE WRITE READS AND Harper collins PROVIDED ME AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF THE NOVEL Fireborn BY Aisling Fowler IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW. Summary I got from Goodreads: Lyra. Lucy. Percy. Once in a generation, a hero emerges whose story enthralls readers worldwide. Fireborn is an epic quest, perfect for fans of the His Dark Materials and…
An examination of PTSD in Carole Johnstone’s “Mirrorland” #TheWriteReads #UltimateBlogTour
DISCLAIMER: THE WRITE READS AND SCRIBNER BOOKS PROVIDED ME AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF THE NOVEL MIRRORLAND BY CAROLE JOHNSTONE IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW. An Additional Disclaimer, I am not a professional psychologist and my analysis of the protagonist’s mental health is only based on my extended readings. Summary I got from Goodreads: Twelve years ago…
A Reader’s Response to Emily Barr’s “Things to Do Before the End of the World”#TheWriteReads #UltimateBlogTour
DISCLAIMER: THE WRITE READS AND PENGUIN PROVIDED ME AN E-ARC OF THE NOVEL tHINGS TO DO BEFORE THE END OF THE WORLD BY EMILY BARR IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW. Summary I got from Goodreads: One minute you’re walking in the park, hiding from a party. Then you discover that the next nine months will…
The Viter-Ybasco University 