This week’s top ten prompt is “gateway books” or books that encouraged me to read (as hosted by The Broke and the Bookish). I’m altering the topic a bit and pairing childhood classics I loved with thematically matched adult fiction. So which childhood favorites paved the way for my reading choices as an adult? InContinue reading “One Thing Leads To Another: A Top Ten List”
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A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain by Adrienne Harun
Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t. So they say. But the devil is alive and well in northwestern Vancouver. And there’s more than one. There’s neglect, poverty, and abuse. There’s chosen ignorance, meth, and moonshine. There is the tyrannical drug dealer and his violent enforcers, the meth manufacturer and the rowdyContinue reading “A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain by Adrienne Harun”
Stephen King’s Short Stories: A Top Ten List
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! As you might imagine, I am from a very Irish family (surprise, surprise! Rory O’Connor doesn’t exactly sound French). The holiday has nothing to do with this post. If I wanted to try and connect the two, I would tell you that I come from a very Irish family, and likeContinue reading “Stephen King’s Short Stories: A Top Ten List”
Black Moon by Kenneth Calhoun
In the last decade, pop culture has embraced the coming apocalypse with open arms. It’s inevitable; the only question left is how. Is it the flu? Zombies? Nuclear explosion? Asteroid?* Because clearly, regardless of which method, it’s coming. Personally, I love zombies. I don’t care that (nearly) everyone else loves zombies too. Through the brillianceContinue reading “Black Moon by Kenneth Calhoun”
Fortune’s Pawn and Honor’s Knight by Rachel Bach
“In a 1937 Photoplay article that reads like a Cool Girl guide book, Carole Lombard explained how, like a man, she never kissed and told; like a man, she paid her share; like a man, she maintained a sense of humor about everything. If women live by these rules, according to Lombard, they can be equal toContinue reading “Fortune’s Pawn and Honor’s Knight by Rachel Bach”
What I Like About…: A Top Ten List
I’ll keep this week’s list simple. The topic: things I like about blogging and things I like about reading. Both have benefits and drawbacks, but I’ll focus on the positive. What I love about blogging: 10. Online Journal: I often include a bit of what is going on in my life in my posts becauseContinue reading “What I Like About…: A Top Ten List”
The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
Some families are big. Some families are small. Some families are normal and some families are dysfunctional. My own very small family puts the fun in dysfunctional. Would you have expected anything less? Growing up, I always wanted sisters. Naturally, when I was ten, I got a brother. We tortured each other. He stabbed me*.Continue reading “The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon”
And I’m Expected To Swoon? A Top Ten List
Swoon: To be overwhelmed by ecstatic joy, a state of ecstasy or rapture. Used online as an action, to show that someone is attracted or interested in someone or something. (Urban Dictionary) I’ve already listed my favorite romances, couples I think would make it in the real world, and fictional men I’d find attractive (ifContinue reading “And I’m Expected To Swoon? A Top Ten List”
LITERARY MIXTAPE | TESS OF THE D’UBERVILLES
Do you ever want a modern soundtrack to literary fiction? Yes? Me too. That’s the point of this feature. Whereas some people imagine cinematic montages in their head, I create a soundtrack. Okay, so I actually do both, but I prefer to share my soundtrack. Today’s mixtape features one of my favorite controversial English literatureContinue reading “LITERARY MIXTAPE | TESS OF THE D’UBERVILLES”
Michigan, Ten Cents by Doctor Gaines
Most of us have been poor at one point or another. Maybe you were flat broke in college, or immediately post graduation, or that fateful day six months after graduation when you had to begin repaying your student loans. Maybe you could make rent, but couldn’t eat. Or maybe you had to take up residenceContinue reading “Michigan, Ten Cents by Doctor Gaines”
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