book reviews

Book Review: “The Book of Magic” by Alice Hoffman

This was a great conclusion to the Practical Magic series. I loved that all the ones that came out prior to this were all prequels to Practical Magic. This is the only one that follows up what happens to the family after their adventures in Practical Magic. Sally's girls are in their 20s and on their own, protected from knowing about magic all their lives but that catches up to them. For someone like me who has read the book once but seen the movies a thousand times, it gets confusing for me because the characters are inverted; Sally's girls are opposite in the book and the aunts are opposite in the books, or I guess in the movie. Messes with my memory of the story and I have to stop and think, wait which one is this?

Author Spotlight

Author Spotlight: Hayley Mills

Hi. My name is Hayley Mills. (Yes, named Hayley after the actress my mother loved) I was born in Manchester, England, immigrating to Australia on the S. S. Australis with my family in 1974. It was an unbelievable life shift.

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NaNoWriMo Week 1 in Review

I started strong in the first two days, writing more than I needed to for my daily count to get to 50k by the end of November, but then I fell short. I was sick Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday with sinus issues from hell. I'm still dealing with it but at least I don't feel winded when I walk from not being able to breathe out my nose anymore. For my project I am working on "So Over the Undead", the second novel/novella in my Zooey Zombie series.

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It’s November 1st! Welcome to day one of NaNoWriMo 2021!

If you're a writer or author then you probably know about NaNoWriMo, and if you don't you need to check it out. It's such a huge writing motivator! I've participated for years now and it definitely gets competitive when you see all these other writers achieving their goals. You can too!

Author Spotlight

Author Spotlight: S.A. Gensch

My name is S.A. Gensch, I'm a wife and mother from Colorado. Before I became a published indie author, I spent a lot of time writing fanfiction to get my creativity (or craziness) out in the world.