Traveling a Forest Road to Faerie

Jane Austen was born 250 years ago today! So I just wanted to do something fun to celebrate. Hence… a giveaway! (US only, sorry. Ends 12/21/25.) Head over to the post I just put up on my book blog for all the details and enter to win all the goodies in this picture that I’ve hand-picked for this occasion! ^_^ Enter here! Thanks for reading!

Yes indeed, Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775… 250 years ago! To celebrate, I’m giving away a bundle of Austen-themed goodies that I’ve been slowly collecting for this occasion ever since I heard this auspicious day was coming, a couple years ago. XD To enter, head THIS LINK and enter your email. That’s it! US addresses only (sorry!). Giveaway ends Sunday, December 21, 2025, at 11:59…

It’s officially been 12 years since I started blogging!  My posts have taken many forms over the years – my original blog (you are here!), a book review blog (The Page Dreamer), a more active Bookstagram time … perhaps some Substack in the future?  There have been ups and downs, busy posting times when I was full of ideas (and the time with which to share them), and slower times with long waits…

Hey, fellow Page Dreamers! Just a quick post to point in the direction of my latest post on my life/writing blog, titled “A Break and Things I’m Looking Forward To“! Which is simply to say I’ll be offline for awhile, and to shout out some books releasing soon that I had the honor of editing, and a random list of films I’m looking forward to, and stuff like that! 🙂 Sneak peak! See the whole…

Now that March Magics is over and I caught up on a couple things I wanted to share (including some favorite-books posts on my book blog!), I’m bowing out of socials/the blogosphere for awhile again. SO! To stave off my FOMO (fear of missing out), here are some things I’ll say in advance based on things my calendar says are coming up but I may not be online for! (Or I may. Just…no promises.…

My top favorite reads of 2024! And random thoughts about them! (Read last year’s HERE.) Let’s go! (Yes, there were shenanigans to get these to all fit in one photo. And yes, I jumped the gun and edited The Prisoner and the Pirate into it and then happened to get my Kickstarter copy a few days after taking the pic, go figure. 😂 It’s releasing April 30!) Robbing Centaurs and Other Bad Ideas…

Look, I’ve done a best-books-of-the-year blog post every year since I started blogging and I’m not going to stop doing it for some trivial reason like it being 2025 instead of 2024. 😂 My top reads posts are always interesting to look back on (and I sometimes change my opinions on books later in life when I’m older orrr when I’ve reread them and sometimes love them more and sometimes not) but…

It’s here, it’s here! Prodigies and Legends, book four in a delightful modern fantasy series by Daley Downing, has released! And I’m celebrating by giving away a paperback set of the series! I’ve quite enjoyed the Order of the Twelve Tribes series by Daley Downing, which in my head I like to call cozy suburban fantasy. (Is that a thing? I have no idea. It’s what I’d kind of like to call one of…

March has come and gone, and though I only joined in on the festivities about halfway into the month (see that post HERE), I still had a delightful time! Join me on a bit of a reading log that I kept through the weeks, which then turns into some other thoughts. March 16 Spent a day rereading Charmed Life and had the best time. It’s been awhile since I revisited the Chrestomanci world and I…

The month got away from me but it’s March Magics! I dug my collection of Diana Wynne Jones books off my shelves and have them stacked where I can think about them… I sorted through some extra copies I have accumulated through library sales and quests for specific editions, hehehe. I’m actually contemplating putting the extra copies up for sale…somewhere…They would be used but for roughly the…

2025 Goals! + Some Encouragement (I posted this on my personal blog and social media already but thought I’d share it here too.) Long time no chat! I’ve been busy with work, holidays, and most recently getting over a cold. But I wanted to post an update here! Scroll to the bottom of the post for a heart chat. 💚 Phoenix artwork + bookmark here from the Whimsical Publishing shop (art by…

2025 Goals! + Some Encouragement (I posted this on social media already but thought I’d share it here too.) Long time no chat! I’ve been busy with work, holidays, and most recently getting over a cold. But I wanted to post an update here! Scroll to the bottom of the post for a heart chat. 💚 Phoenix artwork + bookmark here from the Whimsical Publishing shop (art by Micheline Ryckman). Plus…

Happy 11th birthday to this li’l old blog of mine! Hard to believe I’ve been blogging since 2013.And what better way to celebrate than to give away a copy of my top-favorite book I read last year!Namely . . . The Windward King by K.T. Ivanrest. The Windward King defies description and is one of my most favorite books. Buddy story, characters I adored (Shara! Korith! Tishel!), shapeshifting,…

Dear Struggling Writer . . . To all the writers whose writing dreams are stuck in the bottom of a pit…I see you. I’m right there with you. Whether it’s discouragement, lack of time, burnout, writer’s block, rejection, not knowing what direction to go, or anything else, you’re not alone. I don’t have answers right now. I don’t know how we’ll get out of this pit. I know the walls seem…

(Gandalf gif: A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins, nor is he early. He arrives *precisely* when he means to.) Yeah. Um. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. *cough* Okay, it might be a liiittle much posting a wrapup about March in August, but hey, at least I’m doing it?? It’s more for my own personal look-back since I enjoy having it in my blog archives. 😛 I got real busy and not very…

I’m so excited to welcome author Mara Tran here with the first-ever guest post featured on this blog! Today she’s sharing thoughts on writing alternate history and about her debut novel The Ward (which is a delight, by the way). Be sure to check out the author and book links at the end! And for something extra fun, check out the interview I did with a character from the book, Hiru, an…

Today I have the delight of interviewing a most intriguing character, a certain mysterious footman named Hiru, from The Ward by Mara Tran. I had an absolute blast interviewing him and I’m so excited to share it below! But first, here’s a little about the book, and some neat art! Art by @midnight_coffee_art — Characters from The Ward. Bramwell, Tuya, Gideon, Lady Liliana, Hiru, Luc. See the…