by Arthur | Oct 17, 2025 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Arthur here. I come to you today to open to your perusing one of the best speculative fiction series I have ever read: Swallows and Amazons. The twelve-book series combines historical fiction (at least it’s historical to us, today), children’s literature,...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Oct 14, 2025 | A Smidgen of Hope, Blogs/Podcasts
Grief. It’s such a tricky response to loss. Come and go. Ebb and flow. Stuck at times. Almost normal at others. Grief. My daughter has mentioned to me a few times since my BFF Joyce’s death in February that I haven’t dealt with the pain. The loss....
by A.S. Hardin | Oct 10, 2025 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
This review is going to be a little different than usual. Today, I’m not discussing a book I’ve read but one I am exceptionally excited for. Following its late November release in Polish, Andrzej Sapkowski released a prequel to the eight-book Witcher series in English...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Oct 7, 2025 | A Smidgen of Hope, Blogs/Podcasts
A Good Thought For Your Day
by Jennifer Hallmark | Oct 3, 2025 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
I love spec fiction. Whether it’s fantasy, sci-fi, time travel, or Gothic inspirational, I read many books from these genres. But sometimes I like a change. I tend to binge-read, and this past summer, I devoured the twenty British mystery novels in Margery...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Sep 30, 2025 | A Smidgen of Hope, Blogs/Podcasts
I looked at the calendar last week. September 24th. Wednesday, the 24th of the month. The day after my “A Smidgen of Hope” post was due on my website. Ugh. I slapped my head and thought, “Girl, why can’t you get your act together?” Then I...
