Last year was the first year that I properly participated in National Novel Writing Month, also known as NaNoWriMo. This is a time honored tradition among writers. As you might…
Tag: fiction
Review: Final Draft by Riley Redgate
The only sort of risk 18-year-old Laila Piedra enjoys in Final Draft is the peril she writes for the characters in her stories: epic sci-fi worlds full of quests, forbidden love, and…
Review:: Descendants by Rae Else
There are lots of stories about the children of gods. But what about those cursed by the gods, and their descendants... El, a seventeen-year-old has inherited an ancient and deadly…
Guest Post:: Ace Coding for the Allo Eyes
This guest post is written by Tiffany Rose, one of the co-authors of Hello World, which I featured earlier on CandidCeillie in a character interview. I've recently noticed that allosexuals (that's people who…
Review:: Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez
Things We Lost in the Fire is an arresting collection of short stories, reminiscent of Shirley Jackson and Julio Cortazar, by an exciting new international talent. Macabre, disturbing and exhilarating,…
Review:: The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera
Pretty in Pink comes to the South Bronx in The Education of Margot Sanchez, a bold and romantic coming-of-age novel about dysfunctional families, good and bad choices, and finding the…
Review:: The Lilies of Dawn by Vanessa Fogg
In The Lilies of Dawn, there is a lake of marvels. A lake of water lilies that glow with the color of dawn. For generations Kai’s people have harvested these…
Snippet Saturday!
Those of you who follow me on Twitter will already know this, but I'm participating in NaNoWriMo for the first time in five years. I'm also rebelling because I literally…
Review:: The Melody of You and Me by M. Hollis
After dropping out of university and breaking up with her girlfriend of three years, Chris Morrison’s life is now a mind-numbing mess in The Melody of You and Me. She…
Review:: Root, Petal, Thorn by Ella Joy Olsen
I received a copy of Root, Petal, Thorn as an eARC from the publisher, Kensington Books, and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Root, Petal, Thorn follows the stories of five…
Review:: Dear Fang, With Love by Rufi Thorpe
From the acclaimed author of The Girls from Corona del Mar, Dear Fang, With Love is a sprawling, ambitious new novel about a young father who takes his teenage daughter…
Review:: Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming…
Review:: The Secret Language of Stones by M.J. Rose
I received The Secret Language of Stones by M.J. Rose as an e-galley from Netgalley and the publisher, Atria Books, in exchange for an honest review of this book. As…
Review:: First Comes Love by Emily Giffin
In this dazzling new novel, Emily Giffin, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed, Where We Belong, and The One & Only introduces a pair of sisters…
Review:: Soundless by Richelle Mead
For as long as Fei can remember, no one in her Soundless village has been able to hear. Rocky terrain and frequent avalanches make it impossible to leave the village, so…