Fairytales – Page 2 – Christine Smith

{Cover Reveal} Finding the Magic by Jack Lewis Baillot

Post published:August 8, 2018
Post category:Reading
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What is thissss? Two posts in one week? WHY YES. But don’t worry, this one will be brief. (Especially since Monday’s post probably broke the internet it was so massive. *cough*) BUT I HAVE THRILLING NEWS. Not to mention something gorgeous to show you guys. *grins* My friend and fellow blogger is getting a story published very soon here. *SQUEALS* Oh. And guess what? IT’S A BEAUTY AND THE BEAST RETELLING. *more squealing* Obviously I’m excited. Jack Lewis Baillot is the author of Brothers-in-Arms, a World War II novel that ripped my heart out, stomped on it, burned it into…

What If…? Fantasy Tag

Post published:April 30, 2018
Post category:Fangirling Reading
Post comments:31 Comments

I think at this point it’s pretty common knowledge that I fail at keeping up with tags. (You should see the amount of tags I have bookmarked that I’m supposed to do…) Buuuut I love tags, and some come my way that I know I MUST do. Basically if they involve books, fantasy, or characters, I’M IN. Well guess what? This tag features ALL THOSE THINGS. The What if…? Fantasy Tag was originally created by the lovely Jenelle Schmidt for her awesome February is Fantasy Month celebration. And it’s still toootally February right? Right??? (Please leave me in my delusions.)…

Beautiful People – Favorites Edition {And the FINAL Beautiful People!}

Post published:April 23, 2018
Post category:Writing
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My absolutely favorite blog linkup is ENDING. And I’m a blubbering ball of sadness. *cue the waterworks* I’m sure most of you know about Beautiful People—a linkup hosted by Sky @ Further Up and Further In and Cait @ Paperfury, in which each month they ask questions for us to answer about our story characters. Talking about my characters (or, ya know, ANY fictional characters) is my favoritest thing on this earth, so naturally I was alllll about this linkup! And GUYS, I’ve been doing it since my first year of blogging. Since before Cait was one of the hosts and…

7 Things in Fiction I Wish to See More Of

Post published:April 16, 2018
Post category:Reading
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Looky here, another list of 7! I make no apologies. Lately I’ve been pondering stories (lol like I ever think about anything else), and was thinking about the types of things I wish I found more of within the fictional world. There are a looooot of things that bother me about the fiction we’re fed these days (which I’m sure you’ll get plenty of posts about ‘cause that’s who I am as a person), and there are a loooot of things I want but don’t find too often. SO THAT’S WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. 7 things I wish was…

{Book Review} The City Beyond the Glass by Suzannah Rowntree

Post published:April 9, 2018
Post category:Reading
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As a daughter of nobility in Renaissance Venice, Gemma Caloprini must marry - or die behind convent walls. When an unwanted betrothal goads her to defy her father, she risks her most dangerous secret: the Glass Doge, a sinister nobleman living behind the glass of her mirror. Now Gemma faces a brutal dilemma. If the suitors competing for her youngest sister's hand discover her secret, she'll be locked in a convent. If the Inquisitors find out, she'll burn as a witch. And if she can't pay her debt to the Glass Doge, she'll lose her soul forever. THE CITY BEYOND…

The Spring Cleaning Writerly Challenge Tag

Post published:March 26, 2018
Post category:Writing
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Can you guys believe we’ve made it to spring? (Probably not judging by the frigid temperatures…) Hoooow is it nearly April? Pretty sure Christmas was yesterday! But since spring is pounding on the door like an uninvited guest (seriously, I want it to still be January!), I suppose I better let it in and offer it cookies and tea or something. (Please don’t waste your precious lives trying to make sense of my analogies.) In honor of spring arriving and the urge to spring clean, my frabjous and brilliant friend Deborah O'Carroll has created a spring cleaning tag. But we’re…

Fantasy Month Hashtag Game

Post published:February 26, 2018
Post category:Fangirling Reading
Post comments:36 Comments

Apparently February decided to be nearly finished. (Um…what?!) BUT IT’S NOT OVER YET. Which means Fantasy Month is still going on! If you missed it, Fantasy Month is an epic yearly blog linkup created by Jenelle Schmidt in which we spend the month of February celebrating all things fantasy. There’s still time to join in. Check out THIS POST for all the details! Part of the celebration was a super fun hashtag game Jenelle put together. Shamefully, I didn’t join in via twitter like I had hoped to because, well, February was cRaZy. But I just couldn’t not join in…

7 Fantasy Worlds I Call Home

Post published:February 5, 2018
Post category:Reading
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FEBRUARY IS FANTASY MONTH! So proclaimed the lovely and brilliant fantasy expert herself, Jenelle Schmidt. This is the 3rd year she has hosted this month-long celebration of all things fantasy and I couldn’t be more thrilled! (Because, hello??? FANTASY. It’s my life’s blood!) If you want to learn more and join in yourself, check out Jenelle’s post. She has all sorts of fun planned for this month! Oooobviously I had to immerse in all the fantasy fun. BECAUSE FANTASY. There is so much to love about this genre. It’s truly infinite. Full of mythical creatures or new creatures altogether, strung…

{Book Review} The Stroke of Eleven by Kyle Robert Shultz

Post published:January 15, 2018
Post category:Reading
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The adventures of Beaumont and Beasley are at an end. The Council of Scions has finally caught up with Nick Beasley and his friends—and the sinister enchantress Madame Levesque has plans for them. Nick and Cordelia must solve an ancient mystery for her. Otherwise, Crispin and Molly will be lost forever. The investigation leads Nick and Cordelia to the Castle of Basile, a bizarre place detached from space and time. Old friends are trapped there, and Nick and Cordelia are soon imprisoned along with them. Their jailer is the Fairy Godmother from the tale of Cinderella…who turns out to be…

7 (Non-Romantic) Relationships I Love to Find in Books

Post published:October 16, 2017
Post category:Uncategorized
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I know what you’re doing. You’re squinting at that title, trying to make sense of it. Does that say “Non-Romantic” book relationships? WHAT? THERE IS NO SUCH THING. THAT’S JUST A MYTH. WELL. They say dragons are a myth too, but we all know that’s not true at all. They’re somewhere out there. I’LL FIND THEM. But until then and I become a professional dragon rider, I guess I’ll stick to blogging about mythical things like books having relationships that aren’t romantic. Now, I do actually like romance in books. I don’t like romance books, as in the romance genre.…