*happy dance* Over the next 24 hours, you'll be able to check out the cover for The Jelly Bean Crisis here: The Bookish Brunette A...

My fiction debut  The Jelly Bean Crisis  is on its way! Insert squealing, fireworks, happy dancing, and jelly beans :) Here's the inf...

Dreamhunter by Elizabeth Knox My rating: 5 of 5 stars Very Inception. Delicate and beautiful imagery. I was nearly 300 pages in before I...

Thunder Road by Ted Dawe My rating: 5 of 5 stars New Zealand YA fiction. Dark and shaken. Love the male POV, the Kiwi slang, the overal...

It’s March! So, in honor of New Zealand Book Month, I’m reading some Kiwi YA. I have to admit, after years of reading, writing, and breathin...

Okay guys, so I got tagged 5 times... That's 55 questions. The plan? 55 Pictures! (Well, there were some questions where I got carr...

Hi! Welcome Campaigners , Wanderers, Readers - I’m so happy that you’re here :) I'm Jolene and I like fizzy drinks, shiny things, super...