by Mary Jensen | Jun 1, 2021 | Mary's Blog
Title: ToweringAuthor: Alex FlinnGenre: Contemporary FantasySeries: stand-aloneFairy-tale Inspiration: RapunzelAge group: Young Adult Thoughts The June book for our Enchanted Garden Book Club is Towering by Alex Flinn. This is a Young Adult,...
by Mary Jensen | Apr 15, 2021 | Mary's Blog
It’s our anniversary! One year ago this month, Elizabeth and I started this venture of Briarbook Lane together. We created this website and our blogs, a virtual home for the two of us to connect with each other and share with the world our passions of...
by Mary Jensen | Mar 18, 2021 | Mary's Blog
Title: The House in the Cerulean SeaAuthor: TJ KluneGenre: FantasySeries: StandaloneAge group: AdultAuthor website: http://www.tjklunebooks.com/ Linus Baker is entirely mundane, but far from ordinary. He is a case worker at the...
by Mary Jensen | Mar 2, 2021 | Mary's Blog
Title: GingerbreadAuthor: Helen OyeyemiGenre: Literary FictionSeries: StandaloneFairy-tale Inspiration: Hansel & GretelAge group: AdultAuthor website: http://helenoyeyemi.com/ ThoughtsI would call this book a narrative with...
by Mary Jensen | Dec 17, 2020 | Mary's Blog
I want to share the process one of my poems took in editing. “Streaming Stars” was one of the poems I reworked in the Creative Block Busters workshop presented by Lisa Gentile. I’m going to share the original poem, and the thought process...