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- Winter Book Roundup
Alice Hoffman provides readers with her version of Hans Christian Anderson’s The Snow Queen in her novel I love the story of Ada Quicksilver, a student of London's Lovelace Academy for Promising Young Women You can read my review here. You can read my review here . Her first novella, Selkie Moon , comes out in 2025.
- The Word, The Wolf & The Magic Mirror by Liz Bragdon
Close your eyes, click your heels three times and whisper: “I am infinite possibility.” Listen. As do I. Trip trap typing on my magic mirror I conjure the words from each precious heart thud spiraling rosy unravel in an endless river of poppies, poppies, poppies red as my hood, red as my blood from the finger I pricked on the endless spinning wheel on this spinning rock in a spinning galaxy of stars—I dream.
- Throwback Thursday: And All The Stars by Jason A. Zwiker
“I thought these were old bedsheets.” She laughed, not unkindly. They kept walking. I mean good like I could maybe even run again good. Like I used to. That good. Huh.” “I might.” “Oh, come on, you,” she said, grinning and shaking her head. She tilted her head to the side, considered. “I like it.” Then, he did the same for her.
- Throwback Thursday: Unfettering Philomela by Christine Butterworth-McDermott
And so, I suggest you burst into flame instead: regold your glory outward. To learn more about the mythical Philomela, you can go HERE. Her poetry has been published in such journals as Alaska Quarterly Review, The Normal School, The Massachusetts
- Throwback Thursday: A Half Century of Beauty by Melissa Yuan-Innes
For their fiftieth anniversay, He gave her a beast. She licked her lips And turned to her husband. "My lord, I am nearly speechless. You know I am no maiden." He kissed her cheek and replied, smiling, "My love, have no fear." Her tears dripped into its shining coat But she called up to her husband, "My lord, she is beautiful, ” And kissed her newest beast.
- Review by Lissa Sloan: Into the Moon Garden
She can never forgive herself for her failure on the night her mother died. Desperate to somehow make things right, she throws herself into her studies and later her work as a Mumbai And she must have more than just her wits about her; it is her heart and soul she must summon if she I loved hearing these different myths, most of which were new to me. She is complex, conflicted, and heartbreakingly human, and I related to her in an intensely personal
- Review by Kelly Jarvis: Ebony, Blood, and Snow by Tish Black
“Amethyst” reworks “The Goose Girl,” and “Pine” presents a group of sisters who sneak out of their father on her own. YouTube Channel here . Her first novella, Selkie Moon , comes out in 2025. her at https://kellyjarviswriter.com/
- Kate's Picks: Magical Stuffing
Mom found it in her 1955 Good Housekeeping cookbook, but didn’t start making it until the ‘80s. I still make that kind and love it. It’s very easy and pretty much foolproof. Here we go: Magical Stuffing 1 1/2 pounds chestnuts 1 cup butter 1 1/2 cup celery, chopped 1 cup onion It’s just so bizarre that I thought you’d all like seeing it. Until next week, stay enchanted!
- Firebird Feathers, By Judy Lunsford
“I am here on behalf of Magnus the Magnificent,” the knight said. “May I see them?” Magnus asked. “I didn’t really touch him,” Nyx said. “I was just trying to rescue him from my sisters.” “And I can escape them if I go with you?” she asked. “Yes,” Magnus said. Nyx stared at the feathers in her hands. “Can I have them spared?” Nyx asked.
- Book Review: Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
By the end, I was teary-eyed, in a good way. There are literal and figurative ghosts here, and Addison Allen doesn't shrink from showing that
- The Goblin Fruit of Curiosity Shoppe Season by G. Thornton
cauldrons, teetering spellbooks with shaky hand-inked titles, and haunted typewriters that declare "I Or is something more at work here? To browse with awareness helps you stay on a path of your choosing, rather than feeling, and becoming appear—ready and waiting for you to take just one step further and Come Buy, Come Buy… Gypsy Thornton (she/her She can only be seen in her true form after midnight. fairytalenewsblog.blogspot.com medium.com/@inkgypsy
- Review by Kelly Jarvis: A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose Sutherland
family and forced her into wedlock. As Jean and Muirin grow closer, the midwife vows to save her friend and her child from their dire situation , discovering unbelievable secrets about the world around her. I loved it! You can find the book here. You can find her at https://kellyjarviswriter.com/











