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Book Review: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

Posted on April 25, 2025April 26, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley The Ministry of Time: Avid Reader Press (2024) 344 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams. She is tasked with...Read More

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Book Review: The Afterlife of Mal Caldera by Nadi Reed Perez

Posted on April 18, 2025April 19, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

The Afterlife of Mal Caldera by Nadi Reed Perez The Afterlife of Mal Caldera: Titan Books (2024) 448 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org | Audible | Libro.fm Book Description Mal Caldera—former rockstar, retired wild-child and excommunicated black sheep of her Catholic...Read More

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Book Review: The Woodsmoke Women’s Book of Spells by Rachel Greenlaw

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

The Woodsmoke Women’s Book of Spells by Rachel Greenlaw The Woodsmoke Women’s Book of Spells: Avon (2024) 320 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description There is an old tale woven through the mountain town of Woodsmoke about a stranger who...Read More

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Book Review: Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas Cemetery Boys: Swoon Reads / Feiwel & Friends (2020)352 pagesAmazon | Bookshop.org Book Description When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his true gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With...Read More

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Book Review: The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey

Posted on March 28, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey The Girl With All the Gifts: Orbit Books (2014) | Hachette Audio (2014) 448 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org | Audible | Libro.fm Book Description Melanie is a very special girl. Dr...Read More

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Writing Magic at the Rainforest Writers Retreat 2025

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

I just wrapped up my fifth Rainforest Writers Retreat in Quinault, Washington. It was exactly the creative reset I needed. There’s something about the quiet hush of the rainforest—the steady patter of rain, the mossy stillness of the trees—that clears...Read More

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Book Review: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

Posted on March 14, 2025March 12, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet: Ballantine Books (2009) 301 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description Amid the chaos of blackouts, curfews, and FBI raids, Henry and...Read More

Magical Realism or Fantasy? Understanding the Difference

Posted on March 7, 2025March 9, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

Fantasy subgenres can get confusing. Especially when publishers erroneously throw terms around like they’re interchangeable. Contemporary fantasy, low fantasy, and magical realism often get mixed up even though there are distinct differences between each. Of the three, I think magical...Read More

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Book Review: Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe: Forge Books (2019) 336 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description Nestled in the mountain shadows of Alabama lies the little town of Wicklow. It is here that...Read More

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Book Review: Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic: Old Man in the CrossWalk Productions (2013) 264 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description If you’d asked me a week ago, I would have...Read More

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Book Review: Fathomfolk by Eliza Chan

Posted on February 14, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

Fathomfolk by Eliza Chan Fathomfolk: Orbit Books (2024) 439 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description Welcome to Tiankawi - shining pearl of human civilization and a safe haven for those fleeing civil unrest. Or at least, that's how it first...Read More

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Book Review: Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young

Posted on February 7, 2025 by Jami Fairleigh

Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young Spells for Forgetting: Delacorte Press (2022) 368 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description Emery Blackwood’s life changed forever the night her best friend was found dead and the love of her life, August Salt,...Read More