There was a long, persistent lonely feelingIt wasn’t something she truly understoodBut it wasn’t exactly foreign, eitherIt was the culmination of a million momentsWhere it didn’t matter if she was around peopleOr if she knew she had something to anticipateShe still felt truly lonely. There was a soft, gentle, lovely feelingGrowing with each passing dayA…
Author: Emily
Bottled Up
She wasn’t the kind of person who broke easilyShe wasn’t the kind of person who showed her heartShe’d been too open and had learned to wall off the world She kept herself safe by keeping herself just outsideOutside the people who could hurt herand outside the risks that might grow her – or destroy her…
Book Review: Wrapped with a Beau
Thank you to TBR & Beyond Tours for this review copy! In its heyday, Piney Peaks and its beloved Christmas House were made famous by Sleighbells, a romantic holiday movie. 50 years later, the small town is ready for a new love story. As a successful film liaison, Elisha Rowe has her heart set on one…
Broken & Whole
a study in contradictions Every piece shattered when she fellThe floor covered in bits of dreamsHopes and wonders and should have beensNo longer able to be seen for what they were Dust choked the light that tried to stream inCovered the surfaces that once held happy memoriesHiding the cracks in surfaces polished to a fake…
Book Review: Phoebe’s Diary
Thanks to TBR & Beyond Tours for the Review Copy. Get the Whole Tour Here! Drawn from real life, here is a bracingly honest illustrated diary of a teenage girl that captures the explosive turmoil and joy of adolescence. Meet Phoebe. She’s cool and insecure, talented and vulnerable, sexy and awkward, driven and confused, ecstatic…
Ruminations on Isolation (Part 2 of a series)
I’ve never been particularly scared of the dark. Quiet mornings and nights haven’t bothered me. Instead, I often find myself overwhelmed by the noises of life. The constant barage of sounds from every direction create chaos and refuse to let me soul settle. Then as life got harder and more complicated, I found myself using…
Book Review: Tess Miyata is No Hero
Thanks to TBR & Beyond for the Review Copy. Get the Full Tour Here About the Book: A thrilling and charming middle grade fantasy steeped in Japanese lore and mythology, perfect for fans of the Zachary Ying series. Tessa Miyata has never fit in. When she and her two sisters are told they will be staying at…
Book Review: Dust
A girl who struggles to breathe befriends a boy who seems shrouded in dust, in this unmissable tour de force from bestselling and award-winning author Dusti Bowling. After Avalyn nearly died from an asthma attack, her parents moved her to the clear, dry air of Clear Canyon City, Arizona. And for the last ten years, she’s…
