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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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Book Review: Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear by Robin Wasley

Posted on March 1, 2024February 23, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh
Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear by Robin Wasley Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear: Simon & Schuster Books (2024) | Dreamscape Media (2024) 416 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org | Audible | Libro.fm Book Description Sid Spencer has...Read More
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Book Review: Story Genius by Lisa Cron

Posted on February 23, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh
Story Genius by Lisa Cron Story Genius: Ten Speed Press (2016) 267 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description It's every novelist's greatest fear: pouring their blood, sweat, and tears into writing hundreds of pages only to realize that their story...Read More
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Book Review: At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities by Heather Webber

Posted on February 16, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh
At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities by Heather Webber At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities: Forge Books (2024) 336 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org | Audible.com | LibroFM Book Description When Ava Harrison receives a letter containing an unusual job listing...Read More
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Book Review: I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons by Peter S. Beagle

Posted on February 9, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh
I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons by Peter S. Beagle I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons: S&S/Saga Press (2024) 288 Pages Amazon | Bookshop.org Book Description Dragons are common in the backwater kingdom of Bellemontagne, coming in sizes from mouse-like vermin all...Read More
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Indie Author of the Year

Posted on February 2, 2024February 2, 2024 by Jami Fairleigh
I am stunned and delighted to announce the judging committee for the Indie Author Project has chosen me as their Indie Author of the Year for 2023. Awards are great. I mean, who doesn't enjoy being recognized for their work?...Read More

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