Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Mantles of Oak and Iron, by Jenelle Leanne Schmidt - Book 2 in the Turrim Archive

2024-04-16
Looks like I neglected to add a post here about Book 2 in Jenelle Leanne Schmidt's series she is cranking out! Here is the info for that book that was released January 24, 2024!

Mantles of Oak and Iron (Turrim Archive Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Jenelle Leanne Schmidt (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.8 11 ratings

Book 2 of 3: Turrim Archive

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Grayden thought he had four years to decide his future… he was wrong.

War is imminent. The Igyeum has already begun incursions across Telmondir’s borders. The headmaster of the military academy issues a new directive: all students will be fast-tracked through the program. They will be full-fledged defenders by the end of the year. But when a training exercise turns deadly, Grayden must keep his head and become the leader his friends need.

Captain Marik has witnessed evil beyond imagining. Enough to make him sign on to the wizard Dalmir’s cause. But will the council of the west accept a pirate among their ranks? And will Marik’s crew join this mission, or will they consider him a traitor to all they once stood for?

Meanwhile, deep in the mountains lurks a hidden danger that threatens them all.

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Hearts of Stone and Steel, by Jenelle Leanne Schmidt - Book 3 in the Turrim Archive

New Book - Cover Revealed - Pre-order before it's released June 25, 2024!

Hearts of Stone and Steel, by Jenelle Leanne Schmidt

Book 3 in the Turrim Archive (The Turrim Archive series will eventually include 5 books!)

Of course, I love this book...because I love the author❣️ Jenelle is my firstborn and holds a special place in my heart! ❤️ She is an outstanding, terrific, fantastic woman who loves the Lord Jesus, and she seeks to please and honor Him in all she does and in all she is. ❤️
Soli Deo Gloria!

Here is her "blurb" about this book:

Hearts of Stone and Steel (Turrim Archive Book 3) Kindle Edition

by Jenelle Leanne Schmidt (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

Book 3 of 3: Turrim Archive

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Treasure Planet meets Firefly in this epic adventure!”

This is book 3 of the 5-book Turrim Archive series. And I thought really hard about how to write a blurb for it, but everything I came up with seemed to give far too many spoilers for what had come in the first two books.

A clean, family-friendly gaslamp fantasy, this series contains airship pirates, a military academy, a mysterious wizard, genetic engineering, and as you can probably tell by the cover, this installment might even have a few robots!

The story continues here from where it started in The Orb and the Airship and left off in Mantles of Oak and Iron. The stakes are higher. The characters are in the middles of their arcs. And the adventure is ramping up! Come along for the ride! (But seriously, start at book 1).

Language: English

Monday, November 20, 2023

Classics Retold ...in fantasy fashion

As with the other books I've now read in the series "A Classic Retold," I have been inspired to read the original classics. However, I already know I like these retellings better! 😊 AND I'm pretty sure I will never get around to reading the original classics! It's just a thing I know!

I have not read Moby Dick, but I have seen movie versions to understand the original story-line and plot. Hanna Kaye's retelling was riveting and I had a hard time putting it down. Without giving any spoilers, let me just say that when I turned the last page and read the last line, it brought tears to my eyes.

Excellent story-telling, and I highly recommend "Chase the Legend," by Hannah Kaye

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195227667-chase-the-legend

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

The Orb and the Airship, by Jenelle Leanne Schmidt - Book 1 in the Turrim Archive

June 20, 2023

I posted a review of: The Orb and the Airship, by Jenelle Leanne Schmidt over on Goodreads. This book was released to the public on June 16, 2023!

I enjoyed reading this YA steampunk, fantasy adventure novel, and look forward to continuing to read the following 4 books that will come out in The Turrim Archives series!

Here are the versions available:
The Orb and the Airship by Jenelle Leanne Schmidt

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/161162296

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122967840

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42117793

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/86044787

It is also available in Audio form.

Classifications for this book on Goodreads:
Flying Ships and Air Pirates
YA Novels of 2023
Best Books of 2023
Gaslamp Fantasy
Most Anticipated Book Releases of 2023

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Monday, February 13, 2023

How About Some New Reading Material?

Yes, I am a "proud Momma!" I love that my eldest daughter has pursued her writing over the years and has reached another mile marker as an author.

Check out her web site for all the juicy details!

JenelleSchmidt.com

Coming soon: A new, epic gaslamp-fantasy series, by Jenelle Leanne Schmidt.

The Series: The Turrim Archive.

Book One: The Orb and the Airship.

Release date for Book One is set for: June 16, 2023.

A 30-day campaign to launch this series will begin: February 20, 2023.

You can follow that exciting venture at:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jlschmidt/the-turrim-archive

Thursday, February 9, 2023

News from my Author-Daughter

Book Cover Reveal Coming Soon ... but here's a fun teaser in the meantime!

Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, "a dreamer, a relentless opener of doors in the hope of someday finding passage to Narnia, and story girl" (and just happens to be my daughter 😊), is "releasing a new book this summer! It's the first in a 5-book steampunk fantasy series.

It will have airships, pirates, wizards, adventure, and more."

Jenelle has "been working towards this series for many years, putting in so many hours writing and editing and polishing and editing and polishing some more, and now it's all finally coming to fruition."

An impending Kickstarter and Book Release are in the works, but the Book One cover reveal is coming Monday, 2/13/2023! So stay tuned for all the exciting details.

(You can learn more at: https://www.jenelleschmidt.com/ )

Sporadic Blogger

It's the wee hours of Wednesday morning, 9/21/2022, the last full day of "Summer" here in Brewster. Washington! With cooler weather, it sure feels like Autumn is in the air! Yay! I love the fall season!

I edited a post from 2008 regarding an "earthquake" (tremor) of which I had felt an "after-shock" in West Chicago, Illinois...and when I saved the post and hit "publish," well, it came up on today's date! Guess that goes to show me that I can't "change history!" What was written back then, well, that was then. I should just let it rest where it was.

Back to the present: For the past 7 years, my daughter and another author friend came up with a fun project to do each September called the "Silmarillion Awards."
(I thought they chose September perhaps because it might have been J.R.R. Tolkien's birth month, but I discovered he was born January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. However, he did die September 2, 1973, in Bournemouth, United Kingdom.)
Over the month, they open up a web site for folks to nominate favorite fantasy-fiction characters for various categories, and then over the last 2 weeks of September, the winners are announced and "Silmarils" are awarded.

I'm sure this will continue on in the years to come, so check it out and join in on the fun! www.silmarilawards.com

I find it hard to believe that I have not written anything here on this little blog of mine since 11/25/2021! And I don't think I ever mentioned at all in 2020 TTTWRU (the thing that will remain unspoken). I heard that our country's president announced that it was "over." Ah! Good to know! OK, don't get me started on THAT!

It appears that some folks "view" my blog, but there are no comments. I am a bit technologically-challenged, so it could be I need to turn on something to allow comments...I don't know. Maybe I can figure that out.

Something I have noticed: Time seems to be flying by faster and faster! I often think of the words of a song from the "cantata" called "Go Tell Your World"...or something like that...called "Only One Life" by Lanny Wolfe...
"The days pass so swiftly, the months come and go

The years melt away like a new fallen snow

Spring turns to summer, and summer to fall

Autumn brings winter, and death comes to call"

That's why it's important to "redeem the time," for it's slipping quickly away!

Brittany and "Sadie"

And of course, Brittany loved Sadie! It was HER puppy. She had counted the days after Sadie was born in June until the day we could go pick her up! Nan loved Sadie, too, but caring for such a young pup combined with all the kids soon heading back to full-time at schools...was too much for Nan...and the decision was made to take Sadie back to her home in WI...where she was placed in a very good home with folks who raised golden retrievers! We had fun with Sadie for 6 days and we miss her! (You can see the new fence we put up in our back yard...for our doggie.)