Getting Blood on Your Pages - what I learned from Fight Write
A long long time ago, I entered in a giveaway and won several books. One of those books was Fight Write by Carla Hoch, a "trained fighter...
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joellestoneauthor
Jun 48 min read
Review: Calculated by Nova McBee
It's been forever since I had a review on my blog. And since Calculated kept popping up in recommendations all over the place, I decided...
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joellestoneauthor
Sep 25, 20234 min read
Review: Epic
Disney may be going down the drain, but there's still a handful of great animated movies out there, and this is one of them. Now, it's...
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joellestoneauthor
Jul 31, 20233 min read
Review: The Lost Kingdom of Bamarre
I love fairy tales, and Gail Carson Levine does a fantastic job with most of her retellings. (Ella Enchanted, anyone? ;P) So, when I saw...
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joellestoneauthor
Jun 26, 20233 min read
Review: The Emperor's New Groove
Disney movies were a staple of my childhood trips to my grandparents' house. My favorite was probably Beauty and the Beast for the...
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joellestoneauthor
May 29, 20234 min read
Review: Prince of Persia (the Sands of Time)
I'm not entirely sure how popular this movie is, although I did find out in the process of writing this post that it's also a video game,...
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joellestoneauthor
Apr 24, 20233 min read
Introducing... Ad Bellum (and a giveaway)
Well. It is the last Monday of the month, which means time for a review! However, I'm gonna take a break from a review this month and...
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joellestoneauthor
Mar 27, 20235 min read
Mini-review: Tell Me You Love Me Anthology
Way back in December, I signed up to be an ARC reader for Grace Johnson & Issabelle Perry's Tell Me You Love Me anthology. (ARC stands...
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joellestoneauthor
Feb 18, 20235 min read
Review: Aquaman
I’ve always had a soft spot for superhero stories. Something about having unnatural powers and using them for the greater good has always...
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joellestoneauthor
Feb 17, 20236 min read
Mini-review: The Blue Bottle Club
Let’s see how many observant people we have here. Who noticed the difference in the title of the post? Good for you if you did! If not,...
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Jul 25, 20223 min read
Review: The Captive Kingdom
Hey guys!! Welcome back to the fourth review of Jennifer A. Neilsen’s fabulous series, The Ascendance Series. This time we’ll be looking...
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May 30, 20225 min read
Review: The Shadow Throne
Hello my peeps and welcome back to the third installment of our five-part monthly series: reviews of Jennifer A. Neilsen’s Ascendance...
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Apr 26, 20226 min read
Review: The Runaway King
Introduction Am I a day late with this? Yep. Someone may or may not have had a hectic day yesterday which caused her blog to totally slip...
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Apr 4, 20226 min read
Review: The False Prince
Introduction This is the start to a loooong series, people – one that will stretch on for five months, to be precise. I recently read...
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Feb 28, 20227 min read
Review: Prisoner at Heart
Introduction Yes, you read that title right. I am FINALLY getting around to reviewing Grace Johnson’s excellent historical fiction,...
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Feb 21, 20225 min read
What Makes a Good Story – And What Doesn’t
Introduction Hello and welcome back to the third and final installment of my criteria series! The first week we looked at my criteria for...
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Feb 14, 20226 min read
What Makes a Good Story – And What Doesn’t
Introduction Hey all and welcome back to the blog!!! I know I’m posting this kind of late again (apologies), so y’all really need to get...
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Feb 8, 20228 min read
What Makes a Good Story – And What Doesn’t
Introduction Ever wondered why some movies fall flat and others you want to hit rewind and just watch all over again? How about why some...
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Jan 31, 20224 min read
Review: Home
Introduction Hey folks, guess what? January just so happened to be long enough that I got FIVE Mondays in a month. And lucky thing, too,...
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Dec 27, 20218 min read
Review: The Nativity Story
I know, I know, I was supposed to review Grace Johnson’s story Prisoner at Heart today. But I have some Christmas movies written down to...
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