The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey. “Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her....
Video of the week: Dear Kitten. Life lessons from an older cat. Photo series of the week: Pit Bulls Photographed As Lovely Fairy Tale Creatures. Comic of the week: Penny Arcade vs. the Mash-Up Tee. Been There, Done That: Why We Keep Retelling Fairy Tales. How To Be A...
Taking a page from Pip's book and using this list to do a life snapshot. Making : a few more prints for this weekend's craft show. Cooking : nothing at the moment. Will probably have leftovers for lunch (spaghetti). Drinking : water. Reading: The Furies by Mark...
The House of the Four Winds (One Dozen Daughters #1) by Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory. I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Princess Clarice is the eldest of 13 royal children - 12 girls and one boy. Her parents,...
3 Ways To Say No To People Who Want To Pick Your Brain Americans are overworked but aren't taking time off. What gives? 3 Ways to Earn More Money from Client Work 7 Weirdest Things About Working From Home. #1 so much, though usually it's to Sienna, not myself. This...
I, Morgana by Felicity Pulman. I received a free copy of this book for review from NetGalley. I've long been fascinated by the legend of King Arthur, especially retellings where new perspectives or unexpected elements are added. Consequently, as soon as I saw this...
In case you missed it at the start of the year, one of the things I've decided to do with my shops this year is donate a portion of all sales to charities or causes that I support. August, aside from being back to school time, is also host to World Humanitarian Day...
Fool's Assassin (The Fitz & The Fool Trilogy #1) by Robin Hobb. I received a free Advanced Reader Copy of this book for review from NetGalley. Publication date is August 12th. First, if you are reading this review and somehow haven't read the books that lead up to it...
Photo series of the week: 10 Tree Roots Winning Their Battle Against Concrete. Earthily beautiful. Squee of excitement video of the week: the official Outlander trailer (starts Aug. 9 on Starz). Thought video of the week: Can Babies Tell Right From Wrong? Children...
I have less than 3 weeks until my first major craft show. Can we just take a second for me to freak out? Haha. Only half kidding. I've met with the gal I'm sharing a booth with (hi, Rachel!) and she was both super sweet and super helpful, so for a little while I was...
Hi, I’m Amanda!
I’m a self-employed graphic designer by day, and a crafty hungry bookworm by night. Dragonflight Dreams is where I write about books, recipes, internet goodies, life things, crafty projects, Austin happenings, and more.
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