It's hard to believe that a quarter of the year has gone by. I've spent the last three months clinging to books and stories that deliver a message of hope. Stories that transport me away from my current reality and to a place that feels like a vacation. Or a new world. Or an adventure.…
I originally started this post at the end of November, when I foolishly thought I could write blog posts and also finish my NaNoWriMo project. One of those things happened. And then December hit, and let's just say the last 21 days have gone by much like the rest of 2020 - in a blazing,…
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So many exceptional books have come out July through September of this year, and my to-read list is way, way too long at this point. But I did get a chance to read twenty-eight books since July 1st, and here are some of my favorites you should check out if you haven't already. All Systems…
I am not prepared for the amount of awesome about to be released into the world in September. Here are the books from my to-be-read list coming out next month. Links below the covers Adult Burning Roses - S. L. Huang Road Out of Winter - Alison Stine Well Played - Jen DeLuca Young Adult…
Earlier this year I saw a discussion online about whether or not we need content warnings for books in the same way we have ratings or warnings for movies, television shows, and video games. At first I thought I didn't have an opinion, but the question followed me around for a bit. In May, I…
I've been delinquent in my posts. How is it already July 12th?! Anyhow, I went back and looked at the books I read in April, May, and June, and put together my top five reads. They're alphabetical by title, not ranked in order of how much I loved them, because let's be honest, it's hard…
There's really no place I can begin other than to say that Black Lives Matter. It's only been in the last decade that I've given much thought to who wrote the books I was reading. I used to walk into a bookstore, or browse the covers online, and pick at random based on what 'looked…
I wasn't going to write about writing during the pandemic. I found that other writers have written far more eloquently than I could ever hope to during these times which continue to be called hard, trying, unprecedented, and a number of other words I'm tired of. It's mid-May, however, and I haven't written about writing…
Wow have the first three months of this year managed to both crawl by like shifting glaciers before global warming took hold and yet also afford me no extra time in all their slowness. But this is not a place for complaining about the weird elastic qualities of time. This is a place for me…
I keep coming across posts from people talking about the struggle of creating right now. In truth, there's a struggle in any kind of activity or thought right now. We're in uncertain and uncomfortable times, at best. I could write more on that, I suppose, but instead I'd rather talk about books. Books bring me…
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