If you’ve liked what you read here, check out my poetry book Walking in Cemeteries…available for purchase on Amazon!
Checkout my poetry book!
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Checkout my poetry book!
If you’ve liked what you read here, check out my poetry book Walking in Cemeteries…available for purchase on Amazon!
Shameless plug for my poetry book!!
If you’ve liked what you read here, check out my poetry book Walking in Cemeteries…available for purchase on Amazon!
Coming Soon…Poetry Book!!
I plan to self-publish some poetry by the end of this year! After ten years of blogging, I’ve accumulated quite the collection and I couldn’t be more proud.
Walking In Cemeteries is a collection of poetry about depression, anxiety, work, love and silliness.
What I’m Reading: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
I attended a writer’s group around here and someone recommended this book to all of us. It was a winner of a contest called Pitch Wars, which she also told us about. If you don’t know what pitch wars is, I suggest you Google it. Got a manuscript? Want some advice from experienced writers? This contest is for you. You get a chance to partner up with with a mentor, who will offer you advice and ways to edit your novel so you can pitch it to agents. In the end it’s like a bidding war for the best novel and sounds so exciting. I’m going to give it a try myself.
Anyway, this book is about four young adults who are brought together by tensions exacerbated by the politics surrounding the world of the novel. On one side there are those who have magic, or used to have it. On the other: the evil king who is determined to keep magic away for good.
Friendships form, romance kindles, and adventure makes this book as absorbing as the world the author has created.
Happy Reading and Writing!
What I’m Reading Tonight
Got the Yankee – Astros game playing in the background, the fan is whirling and making a steady shwooo noise, and I’m snuggled in bed with a book.
Everland, by Wendy Spinale. It’s this steam punk version of Peter Pan. I love the cross genre and diving into the realm of fiction classics is always fun, too.
What are you reading? Anything good?
NaNoWriMo is less than a month away!!
So, apparently October is Preptober…
and that means that NaNoWriMo is just around the corner!!! (National Novel writing month.)
I have actually never heard of Preptober before, but I think it is something new that started last year. Now, let’s hope this year’s NaNoWriMo goes a lot better than lasts, eh?
Have you signed up for NaNoWriMo yet? Well, what are you waiting for!!
New Book to Read: In the Lake of the Woods, by Tim O’brien
Not much going on this weekend. Parents came and visited our new place, did some errands, and now tacos for dinner. Yum!
Yesterday, got a new book at the used book store down the street: In the Lake of the Woods, by Tim O’Brien. I remember reading this book in school and I loved the writing style. The voice through out the story just flows and you don’t want to put it down. I also loved The Things They Carried, too.
Do you guys have a favorite writer whose writing voice just speaks to you?
A Year’s Worth of Books
Happy Memorial Day everyone!
Today is a quiet and lazy day. I am worn out from the last few days, and so I am relaxing in front of the fan in my office and thinking about what to write. I was able to have lunch today with a friend, and she gave me this little book where you can record the books you’ve read and what you think of them.
It reminded me of what I did last year around this time. In the post I listed all the books I was able to read in five months and what I thought of them. This time its been longer, though. This is really for my benefit, mostly, as I have a terrible memory.
What could I have possibly read in a year??
Here we go, and in no particular order…
Audio Books I’ve listened to:
American Sniper, by Chris Kyle
Call the Midwife, by Jennifer Worth
I Was Here, Gayle Forman
Matched, by Ally Condie
Beautiful Creatures, by Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel: The Alchemyst, The Magician, The Sorceress, The Necromancer, by Michael Scott
The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, by James Dashner
The Color Magic, by Terry Pratchett
The Long Earth, The Long War, The Long Mars, by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter
The House of Hades, by Rick Riordan
The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman
The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, by Elizabeth Gilbert
A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life, by Brian Grazer
Whatever You Do, Don’t Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide, by Peter Allison
And other books, not on audio:
The Raven King, by Maggie Stiefvater
The Iron Warrior, by Julie Kagawa
Winter, Fairest, by Marissa Meyer
Hmm…not a bad list, although its clear I need to read more books that aren’t on audio. I think its time to focus on reading some more adult fiction, non-fiction and science fiction and fantasy. And this doesn’t include the Harry Potter series that a listened to again this year on audio. (I think I have an obsession!)
What do you guys like to read? Read anything new recently?
Happy writing (and reading)!
Saturday Musings: Books and More Books!
Was doing some cleaning around the apartment this afternoon, and thought I’d take a pic of all the books I collected from my bedroom.
This is just from the bedroom, people. I found books in my top dresser drawer, books on the floor, books on top of my jewelry box, and books next to my hamper. If you say I need a bookcase in my bedroom, I’d say you’d probably be right.
(Bookcase in office)
I’ve now come to the conclusion, that maybe I need a bookcase in every room, because it is clear that I love books! The top shelf of this bookcase are mostly books that I’ve purchased within the last month or so.
For all you book lovers out there, (especially young adult fiction readers) I recommend picking up An Ember in the Ashes, by Sabaa Tahir, and Maggie Steifvater’s The Raven Boys (and sequels that follow) as well as, The Scorpio Races.
Maggie Stiefvater is my favorite author, and Ember in the Ashes is a new favorite. Its got romance, an intense dystopian world and real at-risk action here.
Lately, I’ve also liked checking out non-fiction and autobiographies. I think its because its so inspiring reading real-life stories, and triumphs.
Why do I love books so much?
I think it has something to do with the fact that you can go anywhere you want and never leave your chair, or bed, or couch, or wherever you like to curl up and read a good book.
A good book can take you places.
Knowledge is power. When you read you learn, and there is no limit when it comes to reading. You can read whatever you want, wherever you want, and be inspired.
Sometimes when you have all these things going for you, reading a good book is like discovering something magical. And I just love that!
What do you like to read?
A. J. Morse 