Category: Apple Blossom-a story that seduces you Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction You know me, I’m a “find my way into a random, used bookstore and accidentally spend $300 on books” kind of woman. I’m a “just one more chapter at midnight” kind of woman. My best spent day is on the couch reading a bookContinue reading “Straight from the Author: The Secret Keeper of Jaipur”
Category Archives: Apple Blossom
Book to Movie: Fight Club Review
Category: Apple Blossom-a story that seduces you Genre: Fiction The first rule of Fight Club is that you don’t talk about the Fight Club book. The second rule of Fight Club is that you don’t talk about the Fight Club movie. Nahhhh, even Tyler Durden couldn’t pull that one over on you! Fight Club isContinue reading “Book to Movie: Fight Club Review”
Straight from the Author: Almost Like Being in Love
Category: Apple Blossom-a story that seduces you Genre: Fiction, YA Fiction, Gay Fiction Almost Like Being in Love is the punch-drunk love story that reminds you what it last felt like to be wholly, totally, stupidly, naively, I-know-this-isn’t-going-to-last-but-I-still-believe-it-with-all-my-might in love. In this book, his name is Travis, but for you it might have been LeslieContinue reading “Straight from the Author: Almost Like Being in Love”
Book to Movie: Ready Player One Review
Category: Apple Blossom-a story that seduces you Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopian Fiction, LitRPG A brief disclaimer: I am not a gamer. I did not grow up with video games; when I am talked into playing video games, they are stressful and not relaxing; and when I am playing, I often end up thinking about allContinue reading “Book to Movie: Ready Player One Review”
Shea’s Bookshelf Categories
The Shea’s Bookshelf blog contains posts on all things books, incuding Book Reviews and Writing Tips. Book Reviews will include standard reviews divided into four emotional categories, reviews I write for Crawford’s Books, reviews on books that have been made into movies, and author interviews. Writing Tips are full of information I’ve learned in myContinue reading “Shea’s Bookshelf Categories”
A Tyranny of Petticoats Book Review
Category: Apple Blossom-a story that seduces you Genre: Anthology, Fiction I picked up this wonderful book on one of my bookstore adventures where I visited several bookstores in one day and determined to buy books from all of them. It was tossed onto my pile of 16 books without hesitation; the title was great, itContinue reading “A Tyranny of Petticoats Book Review”
Book to Movie: V for Vendetta Review
Category: Apple Blossom-a story that seduces you Genre: Graphic Novel “Remember, remember the fifth of November, the gunpowder, treason, and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot!” Immortal words on an immortal date by an immortal graphic novel spun into an immortal movie! The books that seduce meContinue reading “Book to Movie: V for Vendetta Review”
The Rook Book Review
Category: Apple Blossom-a story that seduces you Genre: Fiction The Rook, The Rook, how to best tell you about this book. I’d say The Rook is like Men in Black, where a group of covert operatives protect the world from supernatural evil forces, but then I’d be leaving out the chess. I’d say The RookContinue reading “The Rook Book Review”
The Starless Sea Book Review
Category: Camellias on Moss, Snow Flower, Apple Blossom Genre: Fantasy I just finished reading this book yesterday, so perhaps it is too soon to claim this book is “Camellias on Moss”—one that will keep its place as life changing once the sword settles back in stone and the bees stop buzzing around my head. ButContinue reading “The Starless Sea Book Review”
Ella Minnow Pea Book Review
Category: Apple Blossom-a story that seduces you Genre: Fiction This one is for the bibliophiles. The logophiles. The readers who enjoy the magic of good writing. The writers who delight in the power of being lost in a good story. Ella Minnow Pea is about a town that reveres the sentence, “The quick brown foxContinue reading “Ella Minnow Pea Book Review”
Elegance Press 