by Eliza | Jul 15, 2022 | Book Blog, Book Reviews
This review comes after having read Ibrahim’s other novel, Paper Wife, and the novel Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson, which takes place in the same time period. I think it is the product of Amazon’s algorithms working on me. because this was a suggested read...
by Eliza | Jun 28, 2022 | Book Blog, Book Reviews
DNF: Did Not Finish I haven’t posted a new book review since May, and now it’s June. But the truth is, I’ve hit a bit of a reading slump. I have posted a book review almost every month this year, but the last two books I tried to read just simply...
by Eliza | Jun 3, 2022 | Publishing, Writing
Hello everyone! I’m excited to be able to share some news with you today. I recently submitted a short story to Wild Ink Press for their middle-grade anthology, Calliope’s Collection of Mystical Mayhem, and it was accepted! My story, Adventures of Barnaby...
by Eliza | May 31, 2022 | Author Life, Publishing, Writing
Recently, my friend Pamela and I got together and discussed the topic of character. What is it that separates a good character from a bad one? If you’ve read any of my book reviews, you know that I love a good character-driven story and I really focus on...
by Eliza | May 27, 2022 | Book Reviews
I just finished reading the incredibly popular novel, Where the Crawdads Sing. I picked this one up on Audible and I honestly loved it enough that I’m probably going to buy a hardcover. This novel was originally published back in 2018 and the movie is coming out...