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Review: Calling on Dragons Review: Searching for Dragons Review: Dealing with Dragons Review: The Doctor’s Girl Review: The Girl with Green Eyes

Review: Calling on Dragons

Morwen and her cats take center stage in the third book of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede, which was a bold choice...

Review: Searching for Dragons

This is the second in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede and I thought she made the right call when she chose a...

Review: Dealing with Dragons

I don’t remember much about the Enchanted Forest Chronicles from when I read them as they were published in the 90s, but I know I...

Review: The Doctor’s Girl

There will be plenty of people who tell you that Harlequin romances, especially those by Betty Neels, are fluff and complete nonsense and not worth...

Review: The Girl with Green Eyes

At the time of the publishing of this Betty Neels book, I was not much older than the protagonist and was either working for the...

Review: Villains’ Vignettes: Volume 2

Full Disclosure: Drew Hayes is a being from another realm – one where writing at an elite level is a superpower. Prove me wrong, I dare you, because I refuse to believe that this level of insight into human nature, quiet humor, and tight plotting can possibly have originated from…

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Becky July 2, 2025 July 2, 2025Book Review, Books, Fantasy Five Stars 0

Review: Child of Another Kind

For a science fiction book about an alien race interfering with our world, the most alien part of this book is the author’s relationship with emotions, religion, and women. This book tries to do a lot of things at once – reflect on religion, explore a mother-daughter bond, speculate about…

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Becky June 27, 2025 June 27, 2025Book Review, Books, Science Fiction Two Stars 0

Review: Keeper of Enchanted Rooms

A while back, I wrote a break-up letter with this author and told her we were done. I meant it, too. I had given her so many chances with the Paper Magician and all that series, and they were competent enough, just lacking in the emotional depth and connection I…

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Becky June 24, 2025 June 24, 2025Book Review, Books, Fantasy, Goodreads, Romance Four Stars 0

Review: Could Have Been Real

Right after I read this book, I heard about the trauma response many abused children carry into adulthood, the ability to read people in an instant. These are adults that had to learn vigilance to a ridiculous degree to avoid physical, mental, and emotional abuse from parents or other trusted…

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Becky June 24, 2025 June 24, 2025Book Review, Books, Goodreads, Romance Five Stars 0

Review: Could Have Been Romantic

What do you do when the one you’re in love with is incapable of loving you back. Not because you’re unlovable or they’re unloving, but because they’re just not wired that way? That’s the challenge Drew faces as he fills notebooks with all of the reasons he loves his favorite…

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Becky June 24, 2025 June 25, 2025Book Review, Books, Goodreads, Romance Four Stars 0

Review: Could Have Been Closer

Camilla Evergreen writes really good fantasy romances. This isn’t one. To be fair, it’s not supposed to be, but it is more fantastic than the vampire cat novel. This book needed more grounding in reality and less fantasy. In this story, the main character, Juliette has been lying to her…

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Becky June 15, 2025 June 15, 2025Book Review, Books, Fantasy, Goodreads, Romance Three Stars 0

Review: The Secret Lake

Do you ever get so stressed that all you want is a little kid lit? No, just me? I asked for book recs for quick and fun reads for children and this one came out on top. It’s a quick and thoughtful book about time travel and friendship. It reminded…

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Becky June 14, 2025 June 14, 2025Book Review, Books, Fantasy, Goodreads Four Stars 0

Review: Could Have Been Us

I just found out today that Camilla Evergreen is just the side gig for Anne Stryker. Heck of a side gig, because these little romance books she’s putting out on the side are worlds better than most romances I’ve read, and I’ve read a lot. A lot. Just in the…

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Becky June 13, 2025 June 13, 2025Book Review, Books, Goodreads, Romance Four Stars 1

Review: Winnie the Pooh

How do you write a review of something that has been part of your life from birth? That’s the struggle I’m having writing about Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne. One of my earliest memories was watching the Disney movie and being captivated by the turning of the pages and…

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Becky June 13, 2025 June 13, 2025Book Review, Books, Classics, Fantasy Six Stars 1

The Chaos Library

On June 9, 2023, someone I didn’t like very much introduced me to MidJourney on Discord. If you’re not familiar, it’s an AI system that generates pictures based on text. I was intrigued, and immediately pulled up my mostly-unused Discord app and gave it a try. My first prompt: A…

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Becky June 10, 2025 July 2, 2025Art, Chaos Library, Harley, MidJourney, Patreon Chaos Library 2
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