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Year: 2017

  • Hawkweed Prophecy by Irena Brignull | Book Review

    This book was given to me for an honest review. All opinions are my own.   Poppy Hooper and Ember Hawkweed couldn’t lead more different lives. Poppy is a troubled teen: moving from school to school, causing chaos wherever she goes, never making friends or lasting connections. Ember is a young witch, struggling to find…

  • Novelist & Screenwriter Irena Brignull | Exclusive Interview

    I had the honor of interviewing Irena Brignull! Who is well known for her novel The Hawkweed Prophecy, two young girls that were magically switched at birth. Ms. Brignull’s second book recently came out. Check them out and dive into a world of destiny, magic and love. The Hawkweed Prophecy  Poppy Hooper and Ember Hawkweed couldn’t…

  • New Release: Allerleirauh by Chantal Gadoury

    I am so excited that ALLERLEIRAUH by Chantal Gadoury is available now and that I get to share the news!   If you haven’t yet heard about this wonderful book by Author Chantal Gadoury, be sure to check out all the details below.   This blitz also includes a giveaway for a paperback of the…

  • Miami Eats: Gyros & Doughnuts

    I’ve decided to start a little project to learn my city a bit more. Even though I have lived in Miami for about 16 years I barely know places to visit, eat or explore. Also taking into fact I barely leave the rock I live in. There is this cheap gyro shop near Wynwood, about…

  • Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh | Book Review

    The only daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has always known she’d been raised for one purpose and one purpose only: to marry. Never mind her cunning, which rivals that of her twin brother, Kenshin, or her skills as an accomplished alchemist. Since Mariko was not born a boy, her fate was sealed the moment…

  • The Secret Science of Magic by Melissa Keli | Book Review

    Sophia is smart, like genius-calculator-brain smart. But there are some things no amount of genius can prepare you for, and the messiness of real life is one of them. When everything she knows is falling apart, how can she crack the puzzle of what to do with her life?   Joshua spends his time honing…

  • Bondi to Coogee Coastal Walk

    If you ever find yourself in Sydney, Australia there is one thing you must do during your time there. You need to put on some comfortable shoes, grab a water bottle and your favorite photography utensil and do the famous coastal walk that goes from North Bondi to Coogee. It’s is a 3 mile (6…

  • SimplyTravel – Sydney Eats

    I seem to have become some sort of a foodie upon my visit to Sydney. I keep searching through Pinterest for yummy looking food and then go off looking for them. Is that the first step to becoming a foodie? I highly doubt I will become a foodie, I just like eating food and visually…

  • Off To The Down Under

    My next adventure has begun. I will be visiting the not small island of Australia. It is a bit odd, after two summers in Japan I am going to Australia (it is kinda close to Japan…kinda). It is even odder that I have to pack autumn/winter clothes instead of summer clothes (btw it is always…

  • The Bear and The Nightingale by Katherine Arden | Book Review

    “We who live forever can know no courage, nor do we love enough to give our lives.”   At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn’t mind—she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her…