About the Blog

My Promise

I solemnly swear that I am up to some good. I hereby vow that I will read bargain books and give my honest rating on their quality so that those after me may spend their time more wisely.

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The Blog

Similar to the apex predator of the Dragon hunting for its next meal, I search for my next book. And just as Dragon Fire consumes everything in its wake, so too do I devour the words on a page.

After years of being an avid reader–I mean, seriously; I can be so absorbed in a good book that I wouldn’t even notice a tornado tearing up my house around me–I finally decided to play more of an active role. I am constantly on the hunt for bargain books–because let’s face it, we’re all broke–but quality is hard to judge and I all too often find myself setting down a newly purchased book, disgusted. So this is the reason for my blog! I want to enact some sort of quality control on those cheap, promising novels that catch my eye at the most random of times.

I tend to gravitate towards Adult Fantasy novels, but I do like to branch out occasionally, so you will find a small variety of different genres (and a large variety of fantasy books) throughout my blog.

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So, a little bit about me:

My name is Nikki and I am currently living in a beautifully forested area of St. Louis. As you can see above, I have two furbabies named Aslan and Zelda, and I also have a rambunctious kitty named Toph (below) who enjoys lounging on my shoulders as I work. I am a high school English teacher and just finished earning my Master’s in Education.

I have published short stories in five anthologies so far:

1. 1. 1. 1. The New Normal: A Zombie Anthology
      2. Beneath the Twin Suns: An Anthology
      3. Star Crossed: An Anthology of Romantic Science Fiction
      4. Heads and Tales: The Other Side of the Story
      5. In All Our Forms: A Shifter Anthology

My all-time favorite book series is The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan… As can be evidenced by the quote below from my favorite character, Matrim Cauthon. Eventually, I aim to write a novel as intricate and eloquent as Jordan, but for now, I will simply have to sustain my aspirations with this blog. If you are interested in becoming writing buddies for accountability, funny writing quotes/puns, or just someone to bounce ideas off of, message me! I am available on Twitter, Instagram, NaNoWriMo (TheBookDrag0n), or here 🙂

Lately, it has been difficult to juggle who I am as a broke college kid with who I am as a reader and writer. What with working full time and finishing grad school, I have had practically zero time to write for fun. I also find myself feeling guilty buying new books and then “wasting” my little time with reading them… That is where the idea for this blog came from. I have finally admitted the fact that I cannot buy the hardcover books with their new-book-smell (oh, how I miss thee!), and so I am constantly on the hunt for dollar books (which do come with their own smells…). And now with this blog, I can feel productive while reading and give myself as outlet for my own writing.

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Dovie’andi se tovya sagain– Mat Cauthon