Title: The Quiet LibrarianAuthor: Allen EskensGenre: Historical FictionPages: 320Publication Date: Feb 3, 2026StoryGraph* Moods: dark, tense, emotionalHow I Stumbled Upon This Book: I honestly don’t remember – but I will read anything involving librarians and librariesOther Books by this author: The Life We Bury, The Stolen Hours, The Shadows We Hide, Nothing More Dangerous, SavingContinue reading “First Friday Rec: The Quiet Librarian”
Author Archives: AmiMaxine
Best Laid Plans
At the time of writing this, I have finished the manuscript for the murder mystery I had been writing and done one complete revision/edit of it. Then, I went through and created a reverse outline. This is a handy tool to see what you’ve got on the page in a manageable way – because 94KContinue reading “Best Laid Plans”
Comedy and Language
Well, here’s a post a bit out of left field for you today. 🙂 When I was a kid, my papa (maternal grandfather) would sometimes sit my sister and I down and play for us videos of his favorite comedian – a Danish-American man (who also acted and could play the piano beautifully). His nameContinue reading “Comedy and Language”
chah-muh-lee-on
I don’t remember when I first heard someone say never to judge someone for mispronouncing a word because they probably learned that word from reading. But it has stuck with me. Here’s the thing – English is hard. It’s, quite honestly, a mistake. It’s what happens when you take German people and French Latin peopleContinue reading “chah-muh-lee-on”
First Friday Rec: Fly Girl
Title: Fly GirlAuthor: Ann HoodGenre: MemoirPages: 288Publication Date: Apr 4, 2023StoryGraph* Moods: informative, adventurous, reflectiveHow I Stumbled Upon This Book: I honestly don’t remember where I first saw this book – I don’t think it was a verbal recommendation from anyone. But I read it as research for a story I’m working on.Other Books byContinue reading “First Friday Rec: Fly Girl”
AFT: Cover Reveal
They say don’t judge a book by its cover, but let’s be real, the cover is what gets us to pick the book off the shelf in the first place. The city of Chicago is practically a character in All Falling Things, becoming the wonderland in which my characters attempt to find themselves, so itContinue reading “AFT: Cover Reveal”
Tangible Goods
These days, the days of streaming TV shows and films and music, of ebooks, of endless scrolling on your social media platform of choice – it seems like there is very little in the way of tangible goods anymore (when it comes to the arts – there are still box stores full of…stuff). Which, whenContinue reading “Tangible Goods”
Forty-Eight Times
I’m about to stand up in front of a classroom again for the first time. Well, the first time for these particular classes. It’s actually going to be my 204th time. I gathered some teaching data recently and discovered that I had taught my 200th course in the spring of this year. (And the 201st,Continue reading “Forty-Eight Times”
First Friday Rec: Raising Hare
Title: Raising HareAuthor: Chloe DaltonGenre: Memoir, NaturePages: 304Publication Date: Mar 4, 2025StoryGraph* Moods: Informative, Reflective, InspiringHow I Stumbled Upon This Book: The woman that runs one of my book clubs (and owns my fav bookshop) recommended it. Other Books by this author: They are currently working on their second book.*StoryGraph also offers content warnings. Description:Continue reading “First Friday Rec: Raising Hare”
The Alice Trail
A few months ago, I wrote about a trip I took with my bezzie mate to Liverpool. On that trip, we also took a side quest to Dublin and drove through north Wales. When we were in the planning stages of the trip, I mentioned it to a friend of mine – who told meContinue reading “The Alice Trail”
