We’re chatting about covers on Chapter Break. ‘Cause you know we all judge books by covers, whether we admit it or not. We judge the style, the color and font choices, and just the overall look. That might not keep us from reading the book, but we do still judge. [easyazon_infoblock align=”center” identifier=”B0D365SXLL” locale=”US” […]
[easyazon_link identifier=”B0GQJFT57R” locale=”US” tag=”chapbrea05-20″]Tilly and the Wisdom Trials[/easyazon_link] Children’s Fantasy Adventure, Educational Fiction / Learning Adventure Date Published: February 27, 2026 In this imaginative and heartwarming picture book, Tilly and the Wisdom Trials introduces young readers to a world hidden beneath the prairie – a place where learning is a magical adventure and […]
For this discussion post, we are joining the Fantasy With Friends discussion with Pages Unbound. This week’s prompt: Do you like reading fairy tale retellings? What, in your opinion, makes a good retelling? Julie: I enjoy a good twisting up of a well known story. Give me an origin story that paints the […]
Julie’s Review of [easyazon_link identifier=”B0FLVPX7K8″ locale=”US” tag=”chapbrea05-20″]Beast and Remedy: The Last of the Heirs[/easyazon_link]: [easyazon_image align=”right” height=”160″ identifier=”B0FLVPX7K8″ locale=”US” src=”https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51qiYE-ftWL._SL160_.jpg” tag=”chapbrea05-20″ width=”103″] In this “Beauty and the Beast” reimagining, where the princess is both beauty and beast, we have a story focused on the race to find a cure to save her sister, and a […]
[easyazon_link identifier=”1946580627″ locale=”US” tag=”chapbrea05-20″]The Gyre[/easyazon_link] by Stacy Carlson Release Date: May 19, 2026, Alternating Current Press Blurb: ***Winner of the 2025 Electric Book Award*** An atmospheric journey into the far northern wilds, The Gyre spins one man’s search for meaning into an astonishing saga where adventure, folklore, and the Arctic converge. Arkady Afanasyev is a nineteenth-century Russian […]
[easyazon_infoblock align=”center” identifier=”1649378513″ locale=”US” tag=”chapbrea05-20″] Julie’s Review: I am having some feelings… and most of these feelings are confusion. What in the actual was that ending? I know this book gets a lot of hype and maybe I had my expectations higher than they should be. I did enjoy this book, I listened to […]
[easyazon_link identifier=”163152058X” locale=”US” tag=”chapbrea05-20″]Eliza Waite: A Novel[/easyazon_link] Historical Fiction Date Published: 05-16-2016 Publisher: She Writes Press Celebrating the 10th Anniversary After the tragic death of her husband and son on a remote island in Washington’s San Juan Islands, Eliza Waite joins the throng of miners, fortune hunters, business owners, con men, and prostitutes traveling north […]
Julie’s Review of [easyazon_link identifier=”B0GDMLW9LB” locale=”US” tag=”chapbrea05-20″]A Game of Cat and Witch: A Spicy Witch & Shifter Paranormal Academy Romance (Monstrous Shifters)[/easyazon_link]: This book was a fun ride! Described as a dark paranormal rom-com, it is a spiiiicy enemies to lovers monster romance with a meddling goddess, riddles to solve, and family drama. In […]
A Young Adult Fantasy Novel Exploring Themes of Conflict, Propaganda and Empathy… Title: The Wars Between Author: Lee Mavin Publisher: Tellwell Talent Pages: 300 Genre: YA/Fantasy For centuries there had been an ongoing war between Asalandia, the proud monarchy of the east and Kastanair the progressive democracy of the west. However, the years of […]
[easyazon_link identifier=”B0GS75V7BS” locale=”US” tag=”chapbrea05-20″]Ivy Leigh Ever After[/easyazon_link] Middle Grade Fiction Date Published: Feb 24, 2026 Publisher: Small Circles Press Ivy Leigh’s a feisty eleven, almost twelve-year-old who could never imagine using a fist to solve a problem. But that was before. Before Momma died. Before her BFFs, Lizzie and Ruthie, started pressuring her to change. […]