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Geek Sweets: An Adventurer’s Guide to Baking Wizardry Book Review from @kleffnotes

Katherine Kleffner

Jenny Burgesse shares her wonderfully nerdy baking knowledge in her delicious recipe filled cookbook Geek Sweets: An Adventurer’s Guide to Baking Wizardy. This book shares recipes that span all the realms of geekdom with tasty treats that will wow wherever you take them. Get your apron on, ready your whisk, and let’s get into the baking adventures. Continue reading “Geek Sweets: An Adventurer’s Guide to Baking Wizardry Book Review from @kleffnotes”

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Futura: A Novella Book Review from @kleffnotes

Katherine Kleffner

Futura: A Novella is the debut fiction work of Jordan Phillips that presents a future world in which humanity has bridged their past with the future to create something new and inventive. Our primary character is Ruby, a woman who suddenly finds herself wanting to have a child. She never had this urge before and we follow her as she tries to work through what feels like a foreign yearning. Continue reading “Futura: A Novella Book Review from @kleffnotes”

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The Harry Potter Series and Me from @kleffnotes

Katherine Kleffner

I am currently doing something I never expected to be doing this year. In case you haven’t seen any of the pictures I’ve posted on my Twitter, I am very excited to announce that I’m in Orlando, Florida doing a ton of touristy things. I was invited to come along on a trip, which includes some time at Disney parks. While I’m doing this traveling I decided I wanted to write some articles to connect with some of the things I’ll be experiencing while I’m doing a bit of vacationing. For today I wanted to dive into some of my personal connections to the Harry Potter series since I happen to be enjoying time in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Continue reading “The Harry Potter Series and Me from @kleffnotes”

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Consequence Book Review from @kleffnotes

Katherine Kleffner

Eli Yance creates an exceptional story of three narratives that come together in an unexpected way that will have you on the edge of your seat in Consequence. This novel focuses on a family of three, two conmen, and two hitmen, who wind up becoming enmeshed in each other’s lives through a series of decisions that lead to terrible consequences, which the title hints at. Each choice these characters make, no matter how small, ripples out and changes their lives forever. Continue reading “Consequence Book Review from @kleffnotes”

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Bring Her Home Book Review from @kleffnotes

Katherine Kleffner

Still healing from the death of his wife a year and a half earlier, Bill Price is thrown into an emotional whirlwind when his teenage daughter Summer is found brutally beaten and left for dead in a local park. After rushing to the hospital to be with his daughter he learns that her best friend Haley was found dead at the scene. As he tries to learn what happened to his daughter Bill finds his entire life torn apart as the mystery surrounding this awful situation continues to change and evolve. Continue reading “Bring Her Home Book Review from @kleffnotes”

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Star City Book Review from @kleffnotes

Katherine Kleffner

Emma Smith is starting her first year of college at the University of Nebraska. While this by itself would be a huge life change, she’s also going to be taking on a very prestigious position that will completely change her life. After over a month of waiting Emma learns she has been chosen to be a student ambassador to work with a newly arrived alien race, the Ba’ren. These aliens wish to establish a positive relationship with Earth and in order to do so they are offering a number of gifts, many of which will save lives. Emma applied for this internship thinking that she would be working on cancer research, but what she actually becomes involved in will change not only her life, but the world. Continue reading “Star City Book Review from @kleffnotes”

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Forgotten Violets Book Review from @kleffnotes

Katherine Kleffner

Meadow Noone has been charged with a crime, but cannot remember anything about her past beyond the fact that she was previously being held captive. She and her two friends, Parker and Elizabeth, were attempting to escape from one dangerous situation when they were caught and brought to Thornbridge for their supposed crimes. The three of them are trying to make sense of what has happened to them and what they could possibly be guilty of. Forgotten Violets drops you into a fantasy world where you must try and piece together the clues Meadow finds to determine who she is and what is going on around her. Continue reading “Forgotten Violets Book Review from @kleffnotes”

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Greetings from Janeland Book Review from @kleffnotes

Katherine Kleffner

The journey of coming out and understanding who you are is different for everyone and in this collected work of non-fiction Candace Walsh and Barbara Straus Lodge share the stories of a number of women who found themselves leaving heterosexual relationships as they learned to embrace their own truths. Greetings from Janeland: Women Write More About Leaving Men for Women is a follow up work to Dear John, I Love Jane, which was published in 2010, and provides even more stories of coming out. Each of these women has such a diverse story to tell and this book will show you that no matter what your story, you are not alone. Continue reading “Greetings from Janeland Book Review from @kleffnotes”

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The Book of Awesome Women Book Review from @kleffnotes

Katherine Kleffner

The history we have all been taught is often very focused on male heroes and the things that men have accomplished. While the field of history has attempted to diversify there are still issues concerning representation of multiple minority groups. Becca Anderson attempts to correct this issue with her work The Book of Awesome Women, which focuses on women from diverse backgrounds and upbringings and their many accomplishments. This exceptionally interesting work provides examples of hundreds of women spanning from ancient times into the modern day, who have accomplished great things. Continue reading “The Book of Awesome Women Book Review from @kleffnotes”

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Emerson Page and Where the Light Enters Book Review from @kleffnotes

Katherine Kleffner

Christa Avampato creates a world fueled by imagination and wonder in her first novel Emerson Page and Where the Light Enters. This story focuses on title character Emerson, who is a strong and caring thirteen year old with powers beyond even her wildest imagining. After the tragic death of her mother five years before, she has begun to learn that she is not just a book lover, but someone who holds a powerful light that will change everything she has ever known. Continue reading “Emerson Page and Where the Light Enters Book Review from @kleffnotes”