Overall, it’s been a year of growth and pushing myself in new directions and just… striving towards change and betterment. With myself, my blog, and my various businesses.
Anjolee Jewelry
I was provided a free necklace from Anjolee in exchange for an honest review. Ok, let me start this off by saying that my clothing/jewelry budget does not leave me in any position to be buying diamond jewelry, of any kind. However, I like to window shop as much as the...
2013 in Review
As 2013 winds to a close, I thought it fitting to do a review of things that have happened on this here blog over the past year and see what's what. Like last year, some of the selections for the most popular posts were a bit surprising. And some of the ones I'd...
2012 in Review
I thought it'd be fun to do a little review of things that have happened on this here blog over the past year and see what's what. I don't generally pay too much attention to my pageview stats, so some of the selections for the most popular posts were a bit...
Book Review: Tigana
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay This was the first time I'd read this author even though I'd seen his books on shelves for years, and now I'm wondering why I waited to so long to give him a chance. This was a quality fantasy read. A intricate, interwoven plotline; complex...
July Book Club Review
Earlier this month, I stumbled upon The Book Club run by MK, Kaylee, and Aubrey. Each month the members vote on a book to read, read the book, and then post up a review about it on the last Friday of the month. I thought this sounded like a fun idea, so I joined up....
Book Review: The Summer Country
The Summer Country By James A. Hetley This was yet another random pick from the New Fiction section at the library. Generally I love a good modern-day crosses paths with Irish Fae-lands story, but in this case I did not. The main female character was an idiot, all the...
Book Review: Ice Song
Ice Song By Kirsten Imani Kasai I was very intrigued by this book from the blurb on the back, which prompted me to check it out from the library. And then it was nothing like what the back leads you to believe. For a novel whose main character is a gender-bender...
Book Review: The Devil You Know
The Devil You Know By Mike Carey This book started out so promising. It had a wise-cracking protaganist with a great name (Felix Fix Castor). It had good pace, good mystery, and some interesting characters, and of course a dash of the paranormal, as Felix is an...
Book Review: Misspent Youth
Misspent Youth By Peter F. Hamilton The book jacket description led me to believe this would be my kind of science fiction - the kind that uses the sci-fi element to explore human psychology and sociology, rather than just being an adventure story set in space or...
About
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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