My Favourite Characters of the Year for 2022

For the life of me, I cannot figure out where I got this template/tag. I copied it from a website in entirety but forgot to add the website link. If anyone recognizes this format and remembers who came up with it, please let me know so I can tag them!! My Favorite Male Characters THIS

I PUBLISHED A STORY!! // Seize the Night Book Release

You read that right. I have a short story in this lovely anthology, and I am sooooo happy about it!!!! Synopsis  An Anthology Honoring the Birth of the SaviorWhen Oliver is offered help in the search for his son, will he answer the Voice in the night and the forgiveness extended to him?A lifetime of

Heretics & Lords: An Author Interview With D.J. Speckhals

We have more of an unusual blog post today, but I wanted to introduce you all to D.J. Speckhals! D. J. Speckhals is the author of Witnesses of the Light, a historical fiction series taking place in the fifteenth century featuring the Waldenses. Heretics of Piedmont is the first in that series. Since he was a young boy,

Dangerous Best // Five Fall Favourites Day 6

Well, cupcakes, it’s day 6. The wrap-up of it all. Giveaway winners are announced, books are on sale, TBRs are crammed full, and bookishness is (partially?) satiated. We have a weekend to recover from our binge… with books, of course. Maybe even a new one. Recommended in FFF ’22. I have a PDF for you

To Know & Understand Past & Present // Five Fall Favourites Day 5

It’s almost the last day, folks… I’m not sure I’m ready to return to everyday life, as Anne of Green Gables says. But it was super fun, wasn’t it? And we always have next year to look forwards to… Today’s topic is one of my very favourites, and the genre I read the most: “People

Trust & Honour With My Whole Heart // Five Fall Favourites Day 4

Day 4/6—only 2 days left!! *cries* I’m so not ready for this to end! But that reminds me of a quote from Heidi (which I haven’t read in years and which I really need to reread soon): “Oh grandmama, if I could only wait up here for Schwänli and Bärli! I am afraid I shan’t

Crime is Common, Logic is Rare // Five Fall Favourites Day 3

Ugh, the week is HALFWAY DONE!!! I’m so sad to see this go, cupcakes… I love this week! Alll da boooooksies!!! Everywhere!! Good books! Happy memories! Ahhhh!! Bliss!!! ‘No, dearest, I’m not crazy… not yet.’ (If you can source that quotation without googling it, you get 5,000 extra bonus points as an avid bookworm. If

Staying in Reality // Five Fall Favourites Day 2

IT’S DAY TWO, CUPCAKES!!! Are you excited??!! This is just so much funnnnn and today will be simply epic. I am loving scrolling through all the book recommendations and adding them to my TBR and answering everyone’s comments and generally glorying in the bookishness of the week. 😄 Without further ado, sling on your shields

Dinners I Have Eaten // Five Fall Favourites Day 1

Heyyyyyyyyyyy, cupcakes!!! Welcome back to the FFF! I’m so thrilled to be here!! In case you’re new here, this week is a blog party where bloggers come together and share their favourite books in specific genres, along with freebies and giveaways and general fun. This is the second time I join officially, the third time

Mid-Year Book Freak-Out Tag // 2022 Edition

3 Years in a Row, guys!! How’s that for a very rare blogging achievement for me? Seriously though, I’m so happy to be continuing this tradition. You can find past posts here and here. (Please note I did NOT create this tag. I picked it up somewhere and I have no clue where or who

The Fandom Favourites Tag

Hey cupcakes! I am so eager to finally do this tag that the lovely Eva-Joy @ The Caffeinated Fangirl tagged me to do. 😉 This is gonna be really fun but also really hard because I have fandoms. Many fandoms… Y’all ready? *rubs hands together* Let’s dive in. But first up— THE RULES Compile a

HOPE Release Tour

Today I am over the moon excited to announce to you I am a PUBLISHED AUTHOR!! That’s right! I had a poem published before in a poetry anthology but this is the first time a story of mine has ever been published!! The amazing girls from The King’s Daughters’ Writing Camp created a new short

To Save a Life // Write For Life

Today is National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children. A day to remember the millions of children who are come to life through no choice of their own, and are rejected. The millions of children who are carried into clinics not to be cared for & checked up on, but to be coolly slaughtered.  The

Five Fall Favourites Day 6 // Top 5 for 2021!

Anddd it’s the last day of the FFF, y’all. It’s been great, hasn’t it? I just love this time ❤ I really hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! Today it’s pretty chilly, so let’s cuddle up on some… I have plenty! Blankets are a speciality of mine. I’d rather roll myself up

Five Fall Favourites Day 5 // Babies!

It’s the fifth day, y’all. The FFF is almost over! *cries* But tomorrow is the sale, so that’s some consolation. *halo* Are you all ready for today’s excursion? Today we’re taking a walk, and I’m going to be handing out… There’s some of every shape, size, and colour, so help yourselves! Today we’re going to

Five Fall Favourites Day 4 // Hope!

Day 4 already? This week is just FLYING by, isn’t it? I hope you’ve found as many great books as I have! Today we are channeling our inner 1950s kid and hopping onto our… I have a bike, but I very seldom use it. I’m just not a cyclist. I prefer to walk. But for

Five Fall Favourites Day 3 // Go-To Favourites!

Welcome to day 3, guys! We have some epic books lined up for you today!!! Today we get to explore the barn! It’s going to be a sort of treasure hunt, since some of my favourite old books are scattered around here. Isn’t it such a picturesque old place? Old barns have so much history.

Five Fall Favourites Day 2 // Family!

Welcome back to day 2, everyone! It’s going to be such a delightful day 🙂 I hope everyone had some lovely adventures yesterday! Today we are in the… That’s right, the book room! Which means a freebie from yours truly! And I’ll be nice and let you get it right here instead of making you

Five Fall Favourites Day 1 // Adventure!

Welcome to the Five Fall Favourites, you all! (Yes, I add a u—I’m a Canadian, and you just can’t take that u from me—I’ve tried…). I’m thrilled to be here this year as an official participant! I’ve been unofficially participating for a couple years, so it is kind of surreal to be official now. 😉

Mid-Year Book Freak-Out Tag // 2021 Edition

First off, sorry for the unannounced hiatus! I was teaching VBS for a week and didn’t even have WiFi. There’s posts coming about that, but for now… bookish time! If you’ve been around for… well, a year, you’ve seen this one tag last July. I know it’s not July anymore, but I was farrrr too