This week, our prompt from That Artsy Reader Girl is Books on my summer 2026 reading list .  Here are ten books I really would like to read...

I picked this up at the library on an absolute whim, and it ended up being exactly the book I needed to read last week. The Gatsby Gambit  i...

Not only do I write fairy tale retellings, I love to read them!  And I have reviewed quite a few of them over the years.  So here is a list ...

This week's Top Ten Tuesday prompt from That Artsy Reader Girl is a Valentine's freebie -- anything about romance, basically.  I...

This week's Top Ten Tuesday prompt from That Artsy Reader Girl is "Bookish Discoveries I made in 2025." Here are ten authors ...

This is EXACTLY the level of romanceyness that I like in a book.  We did not spend several sentences every chapter or two rhapsodizing over ...

Chase the Legend  by Hannah Kaye is a fantasy retelling of Moby-Dick  by Herman Melville.  It's about a young woman signs on with a crew...

First of all, I'm participating in the Clean Fairytale Summer event again this year!  During all of June and July, the Clean Fairytales ...

Prepare yourself for something very shocking. I like this retelling of Les Miserables  better than the original book by Victor Hugo. Don...

I'm not even joking.  My book  A Noble Companion  is a finalist for this year's Realm Awards!!!   This little Ugly Duckling retellin...

Want to read an interview with me that Donna Jo Stone shared today on her blog, Almost an Author?  Here's a link .  We chatted about the...

This is such a sweet middle-grade retelling of Romeo and Juliet ! It's set in a small town that has two Baptist churches. There was a ...

Awwww, this was exactly what I wanted to read during the week between Christmas and New Year's.  Sweet, funny, upbeat, and cozy.  And wi...

My dad died three weeks ago yesterday.  While traveling to Iowa for his funeral, I read Summon the Light  by Tor Thibeaux, a retelling of Sh...

This is such a fun book!  A fantasy version of the 1920s, with magical beings, speakeasies, jazz music, and so on.  AND it's a retelling...

Another excellent book in the Classic Retold series!  In fact, please don't throw things at me for this, but I actually liked Steal the ...

As you may have heard, I will be releasing an Ugly Duckling retelling called A Noble Companion  this fall as part of the Cornerstone Series ...

This book blew me away.  It's got a vibe like Till We Have Faces  by C. S. Lewis, but mixed with wonderful wordsmithing ala Caraval by S...

I think this may be Sauer's best book yet.  Certainly, it is her most complex book yet.  Kling Klang Gloria  is a follow-up to Rook di G...

I was hesitant about this final volume of the Austen Fairy Tales by Kendra E. Ardnek.  Persuasion  is my favorite Jane Austen novel, but thi...