Red Wolf's Room

  I've read two other books by Kate Morton: The Distant Hours and The Secret Keeper . Both books were poetically written, atmospheric, mysterious and tragic. And I was satisfied with both. Therefore, I did go into this book with expectations because I am familiar with her style, and my expectations were met in the first-half. This book started off in true Morton style, but the second half crashed and burned for me because it feels rushed and has holes in.  Show your  support for books and reading . Summary The Clockmaker's Daughter  by Kate Morton is a mix of historical fiction and mystery. Readers are taken on a journey across time to put the pieces together about what happened at Birchwood Manor during the summer of 1862 where a robbery, a murder and a disappearance occurred.  Members of the Magenta Brotherhood gathered for a summer at renowned painter Edward Radcliffe's home, Birchwood Manor. Edward, his sister, his favorite model and some friends worked on ...

  True crime does not interest me. The history, mystery and psychology behind Jack the Ripper are what intrigue me. That is why I thought I'd read Stalking Jack the Ripper  by Kerri Maniscalco. It is an exception to the rule (don't tell Holmes lol).  Trigger warning for readers : Stalking Jack the Ripper has gory scenes pertaining to blood, surgical procedures and bodily descriptions. This blog post doesn't go too much in-depth about that and the images do not indulge in those themes. Show your  support for books and reading . --Spoilers-- Summary Audrey Rose Wadsworth is a teenager in 1888 London and the daughter of Lord Wadsworth. Since the death of her mother who did not survive an organ transplant, Audrey has pursued forensic science with a passion, learning all she can from her Uncle against her father's and society's wishes. Her brother, Nathaniel, looks out for her, despite his disgust for her interest.  While in disguise as a boy at the school her uncle...

  Photo by  Alexander Shatov  on  Unsplash I didn't see it coming. It just snuck up on me. I've been struggling to focus on my own creative endeavors when I was struck with motivation and inspiration by one of  dannyphantom.exe's TikTok videos on Dark Hawk . I've been following Danny for the last month or so. Watching and listening to all of his content is helping me to shift my perspective about body image, especially my own. It's also helping me with how much I care about other people's opinions regarding trivial things.  After doing my own tarot reading and having recently seeing a video by Location Rebel about freelancer writers producing content on TikTok , I had no qualms about returning to video creation, much to my surprise. (I say "return" because once high school finished, it was good riddance to obligatory video assignments since I pursued writing and other art forms.) Creating my First TikTok Video The soundbite used in Danny's Dark Ha...

Becoming a writer is a struggle for most, from gaining experience to having the time to write to believing you're a "real" writer. In a past blog post, I shared my experience about how I fell into a fog, believing wholeheartedly that I couldn't write and didn't have a future. I asked some friends of mine, Lia and K.T. Anglehart a while back to share their writing stories. In today's post, I asked a friend and fellow writer, Gen Methot to share her journey of how she got into writing. Below is her guest post. Enjoy! The Lovely Gen Methot Gen's Story I don’t know why I’m embarrassed to admit this, but the thing that made me want to become a writer was the film Little Women. Nope, not the book; the Hollywood movie. Granted, I was probably seven or eight years old and classic novels were probably inaccessible to me, but I still can’t seem to forgive my eight-year-old-self for being so uncultured. How silly of me! I don’t know why Jo March had such a prof...

With my more mature eyes, I am delving into a much earlier book of Eric Wilson's Tom and Liz Mystery series. Funnily enough Book #3: The Case of the Golden Boy references Book 19: The Lost Treasure of Casa Loma , which I reviewed a few months back. Uncle Henry briefly mentions a friend of his who owns a castle and keeps his diamonds hidden in the building.  This story takes place in Winnipeg. The Golden Boy statue mentioned in the book is located on top of the Legislative building in Manitoba and was erected in 1919. It is based on the god Mercury to symbolize eternal youth and the spirit of enterprise. The Golden Boy faces North because this was the "future of Manitoba" at the time. The statue is depicted in a running stance while holding a sheaf of wheat and a torch, which represent the fruits of labor and a call for youth to come together and make the future a prosperous one. Photo by  Mahesh Gupta  on  Unsplash ; Right: Legislature Building You Should Read...