Blog Ahead October!
It’s time for Blog Ahead October! What is it? In the month of October you increase the number of scheduled posts you have by 30. Ex. On Oct 1st if you have 7 posts scheduled, at the end the month you would need 37 posts...
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1)
This is a guest review by Don Schlaich. Title: The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) Author: N.K. Jemisin Genre: Literature & Fiction, Women’s Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dystopian Rating: 5 out of 5 fairies Where to buy: Amazon Synopsis: THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS… FOR THE LAST TIME. A season...
Storm Front (The Dresden Files #1)
Title: Storm Front (The Dresden Files #1) Author: Jim Butcher Genre: Paranormal & Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 out of 5 fairies Where to buy: Amazon Synopsis: Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other Entertainment. Harry Dresden is the best at what he...
Shoutout Saturday: #RedMyLips
Why #RedMyLips? I honestly don’t remember the first time I found this site. But what they do hit home. Hard. I’m a sexual assault and abuse survivor. And I don’t want to be quiet about it anymore. What They Do Their mission statement: “To transform...
Film Friday: Horton Hears a Who (2008)
Absolutely loved this movie. It came out while I was in college, and I went to see it with one of my friends. Seeing Dr Seuss come to life through digital animation was amazing. If you somehow haven’t seen this movie, you really need to....
Throwback Thursday: Horton Hears a Who
Title: Horton Hears a Who! Author: Dr Seuss Awards: Caldecott Honor (1986) Synopsis: Horton is back! After his first appearance in Horton Hatches the Egg, everyone’s favorite elephant returns in this timeless, moving, and comical classic in which we discover that “a person’s a person, no matter how small.”...
Good in Bed
Title: Good in Bed Author: Jennifer Weiner Genre: Coming of Age, Contemporary Literature & Fiction, Romantic Comedy Rating: 5 out of 5 fairies Where to buy: Amazon Synopsis: For twenty-eight years, things have been tripping along nicely for Cannie Shapiro. Sure, her mother has come charging out of the closet, and her father has...
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Title: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America Author: Erik Larson Genre: True Crime, Serial Killers, Murder & Mayhem Rating: 4 out of 5 fairies Where to buy: Amazon Synopsis: Author Erik Larson imbues the incredible events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World’s...
Shout-Out Saturday: Twinkling Trees
Why Twinkling Trees? I first discovered this site through The SITSgirls Facebook group. Every Wednesday that do a ‘Meet the Blogger’ feature. Which is absolutely awesome! So I decided to go check out the site. I was absolutely blown away! For a busy mom there’s...
Film Friday: The Giver
The Book Title: The Giver Author: Lois Lowry Synopsis: This haunting story centers on Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he’s given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex...
Inside the Mind of Stephen Bentley
Welcome to Inside the Mind where we here at The Faerie Review interview authors and creators. Our guest today is Stephen Bentley, the author behind Undercover: Operation Julie – The Inside Story. Lily: Thank you so much for agreeing to this interview Stephen, we really enjoyed reading...
Undercover: Operation Julie – The Inside Story
Title: Undercover: Operation Julie – The Inside Story Author: Stephen Bentley Genre: Biographies & Memoirs, True Crime Rating: 5 out of 5 fairies Where to buy: Amazon Synopsis: Operation Julie is still today the “point of reference” for all British undercover operations and training. The BBC in 2011 claimed this massive...
Inside the Mind of Joe Kilgore
Lily: Thank you so much for agreeing to this interview Joe, we really loved reading A Farmhouse in the Rain, and couldn’t wait to pick the brain behind the story! First we’d really like to know what inspired you to start writing novels? Joe: After...
Black Angel
Title: Black Angel Author: Kyell Gold Genre: LGBTQIA, Sci Fi & Fantasy Rating: 5 out of 5 fairies Where to buy: Amazon Synopsis: Meg’s always thought that love and ghosts are fantasies for gullible people, but her skepticism is about to be tested. As her roommates Sol and Alexei move...
September 11, 2001
I was in my biology class in high school when we heard about the planes hitting the towers. Somewhere, there is a picture of my cousins and I as kids atop the towers. We always did the touristy thing when we visited my grandma (who...
Shoutout Saturday: Your Baby Is Safe
Title: Your Baby Is Safe (an illustrated book for anybody who has loved and lost a little one) Author: Melissa Yuan-Innes Illustrator: D. Antonia Truesdale Where to get it: Amazon, The Midnight Orange Why I Chose This: Shortly after my loss 7 years ago, I was a wreck....
Film Friday: It (1990)
Book vs Movie The book was absolutely terrifying for me. Until yesterday, I’d never seen the movie. With a new version of it coming out in 2017, I thought I should finally conquer my lifelong terror of clowns (which started long before I ever read...
Throwback Thursday: It
Title: It Author: Stephen King Awards: Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (1987), World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (1987), Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award (1994), British Fantasy Award for Best Novel (1987) Synopsis: To the children, the town was their whole world. To the...
The Jesus Phenomenon
Title: The Jesus Phenomenon: How Did It Originate? What Is the Hidden Secret? Author: Greg Rigby Genre: Religion, Theology, Religious Studies, New Testament, Religious History Rating: 3 out of 5 fairies Where to buy: Amazon Synopsis: The Jesus Phenomenon examines the likely possibilities for the existence of the person who became...
News Flash: Labor Day
For more information on Labor Day, click here Quick Facts Always first Monday in September Meant to celebrate the workers of the US Oregon was the first state to make it a holiday in 1887 The first Labor Day celebration was on September 5, 1882...