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Book Review: Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope

Posted on July 12, 2024July 12, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh
Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope Daughter of the Merciful Deep: Redhook (2024) 416 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description Jane Edwards hasn’t spoken since she was eleven years old, when armed riders expelled her family from their hometown...Read More
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Plot Twists and Birthday Bliss: A Novel Celebration

Posted on May 31, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh
Today marks the start of another journey around the sun. Despite it being my birthday, I started the day like any writer: a cup several cups of strong coffee and a determination to revise at least one scene. Instead, I...Read More
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Book Review: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

Posted on May 17, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende The Neverending Story as translated by Ralph Manheim: Doubleday (1983) 377 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description When Bastian happens upon an old book called The Neverending Story, he's swept into the magical world of...Read More
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Should We Read The Classics?

Posted on May 10, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh
Deciding whether to dive into the classics can feel a bit like choosing between a trusty old pair of jeans and the flashy new ones on sale. Both have their merits, but which pair speaks to you? Let’s face it:...Read More
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Book Review: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Posted on April 19, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Lessons in Chemistry: Double Day (2022) | Random House Audio (2022) 400 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org | Audible | Libro.fm Book Description Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott...Read More
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Book Review: The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh
The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods The Lost Bookshop: One More Chapter (2023) 444 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives. But when a vanishing bookshop...Read More

The Comment That Created a Click

Posted on April 5, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh
If you've read my first post, you know I received an assertion that a book I reviewed was stolen in part from another author. Here is the comment (reprinted with the comment author's position) nearly* as it was presented. *Note,...Read More
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Did I Hear a Click?

Posted on April 5, 2024April 5, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh
You know that moment in the movies when someone takes a random step then hears a click? Everyone freezes. If, like me, you get utterly wrapped up in stories, you freeze too. Like any movement you make might detonate whatever...Read More
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Book Review: The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart

Posted on March 29, 2024March 26, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart The Crystal Cave: Hodder & Stoughton (1970) 494 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description Born the bastard son of a Welsh princess, Myridden Emrys — or as he would later be known, Merlin —...Read More
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Embracing the Waves of Revision

Posted on March 22, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh
Today, I sit down to navigate the vast sea of revisions needed for the fourth (and final) book of the Elemental Artist series, titled Ink and Waves. Although I don't love the process of revision, this time, I'm surfing a...Read More
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Book Review: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde The Eyre Affair: Viking Penguin (2002) 374 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description England (circa 1985) is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem and forging...Read More
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Book Review: The Librarian of Crooked Lane by C.J. Archer

Posted on March 8, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh
The Librarian of Crooked Lane by C.J. Archer The Librarian of Crooked Lane: C.J. Archer (2022) 288 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description Librarian Sylvia Ashe knows nothing about her past, having grown up without a father and a mother...Read More

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