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It's Jane Austen's 250th birthday and I'm celebrating with a giveaway on my blog! https://thepagedreamer.wordpress.com/...

offline from all social media. please email if you need to get in touch.

Not me filling my TBR with oodles of books from Realm Makers Expo... *cough*

Hi everyone. I'm taking a break from posting online for probably a couple of months. Just...need to step back from the interwebs and instead focus on life, family, and hopefully writing again. Anyway, here's a li'l blog post update I just shared, including some upcoming book releases (and films, for fun) that you can read HERE: https://deborahocarroll.wordpress.com...

And another blog post--my top reads of last year! https://thepagedreamer.wordpress.com/...

New blog post! My top 15 favorite reads of 2023!! (Yes, 2023. 😂 I'm finally catching up.) Top reads of 2024 coming TOMORROW! Meanwhile, read about some awesome 2023 books today here: https://thepagedreamer.wordpress.com/...

I'm giving away a paperback set of a delightful urban fantasy series by Daley Downing! Drop by my blog by Friday (April 25) to enter the giveaway!! (US only) https://thepagedreamer.wordpress.com/...

Happy release day to Kate’s Truth! (Kate’s Case Files book 8) From Sarah Holman! I adore this Christian suspense/mystery series full of characters who stole my heart. I had such a burst of elation when the preorder showed up on my Kindle this morning. I’m SO excited for this penultimate installment! Do check out the series!
https://www.amazon.com/Kates-Truth-Ca...

Just 8 hrs left to hit the Kickstarter stretch goal for audiobooks of these superhero short stories! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/... (ends tonight, 3/28/25)

March Magics is here! https://thepagedreamer.wordpress.com/...

Eep! Whimsical Publishing is having a surprise Flash Sale in honor of my birthday! 15% off all books (except preorders) on their shop! (Use code EDITOR at checkout. Good through 3/10/25.) I love doing line and copy editing for Whimsical Publishing (been doing it for three years now) and there are some lovely books over at the shop there so check it out! 🤩 https://whimsicalpublishing.ca/produc...

Giveaway for one of my fave books: The Orb and the Airship by Jenelle Leanne Schmidt! (Gaslamp fantasy/steampunk-y. Like LOTR meets Treasure Planet.) Go, go, go! https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

Sudden insatiable urge to re-read The Crown of Dalemark by Diana Wynne Jones RIGHT THIS INSTANT. Unfortunately too busy aahh!

It's the birthday of Diana Wynne Jones, author of Howl's Moving Castle! She would have been 90 years old today. Happy bday to one of my fave authors and an inspiration for my own writing.

New blog post! In which I interview Hiru Yoshikawa, a certain mysterious footman who is a character in the alternate-history Victorian novel The Ward by Mara Tran! (Set in 1800s alternate Venice and England!) The interview was sooo much fun! Do check it out! :) https://thepagedreamer.wordpress.com/...

GIVEAWAY ALERT! ✨📚 I have a giveaway on my blog for a paperback copy of An Echo of the Fae by Jenelle Leanne Schmidt! 📗🎉 I got to copyedit this book and it's also the winner of the 2021 Middle Grade Realm Award! 🥇 It's a delightful fantasy novel. 💚 The giveaway is US and runs through 6/28/24. ^_^ https://thepagedreamer.wordpress.com/...

Am I reading this again? Yes, yes I am. I read it so much as a youngster (one of my few favorite contemporary novels) and for some reason (actually, for no reason at all, which is perfectly reasonable enough) it felt time to revisit it. It's clever and quirky and I don't know why I love it so but I do.

THIS BOOK IS HILARIOUS AND THE ABSOLUTE BEST AND I LOVE IT SO MUCH 😂😂😂

Update about my writing and an upcoming short story on my blog today for Piano Day! (It's a gaslamp fantasy love-letter-to-creatives short story called The Secret Piano. ^_^) https://deborahocarroll.wordpress.com...

I'm giving away a gorgeous paperback of Howl's Moving Castle this March! https://thepagedreamer.wordpress.com/...

Forgot to share this here yesterday, but I'm celebrating Lloyd Alexander's 100th birthday this week with a giveaway for a paperback set of the Chronicles of Prydain! https://deborahocarroll.wordpress.com...

Planning to take a break from tracking/updating my reading here this year. I need to reclaim reading as something fun again and take the pressure off myself.

(P.S. I have a newsletter going out Wednesday morning which includes thoughts on the books I read in the last quarter of 2023 so be sure to subscribe if you haven't and if you're interested! http://deborahocarroll.com/newsletter/ )

NOTICE: I need to get off socials for awhile. Not sure when I'll be back. Please email if you need me as IDK if I'll be checking DMs or not--thanks!

(I'm okay. I just can't right now. Overwhelm/priorities.)

Love to all,
💚Deborah
(deborahocarroll[at]yahoo[dot]com)