New Blog Layout, New Perspectives

My last blog post was over two years ago. In the time it has taken me to write two blogs, so many events have happened that have changed the course of history. We all know about those, so I will not recount them here. Instead, here are some thoughts on the last two years from […]

#TackleTBR Day 7

Day 7/September 29 I finished another poetry collection that I’ve been meaning to read for the past two years. Today’s book read was semicolon by McKayla DeBonis. Again, I made some more progress on the audiobooks I’m currently listening to. Read/Time Listened: 1 hours, 53 minutes; 70 pages Total Books Read: 4 Total Pages Read/Hours […]

#TackleTBR Day 3

It’s Day 3 of the Tackle Your TBR Read-A-Thon, and I have finished book 2: Long Live the Tribe is Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden. Day 3/September 25 Read/Time Listened: 4 hours, 6 minutes Total Books Read: 2 Total Pages Read/Hours Listened: 13 hours, 35 minutes Raw. Heart-wrenching. Gut-wrenching. Intense. All of these words […]

#TackleTBR Day 1

Today marks the first day of the Tackle Your TBR read-a-thon! I’m starting off strong with finishing 1 audiobook (but then I got 2 more audiobooks so I haven’t quite made a dent in my TBR pile!). Day 1/September 23 Books Read: 1 Pages Read/Time Listened: 5 hours, 5 minutes Total Books Read: 1 Total […]

#TackleTBR 2019!

It’s that time of year again: tackling my to-read list in September! Starting today and ending on the 29th, the idea is to read as many books on your to-read list as possible. Between my Kindle & Nook apps, LibriVox, and Audible, not to mention my tangible shelves…let’s hope I make a dent in my […]

The Year of Poetry

It is now May, one month away from the halfway point of 2017. Time flies! I have dubbed 2017 the Year of Poetry. I set the goal of submitting to 50 publications this year. So far, I’ve submitted to 25! I celebrated #NaPoWriMo by attempting to write a poem a day. While some days I […]

#TackleTBR Mid-Point Review

The Tackle Your TBR Read-A-Thon, or #TackleTBR, started last week. With one week to go, I have already met my initial goal of five books. 100 Crime Fiction Writing Prompts – Kate M. Colby Rating: Four out of five stars The imaginative prompts read smoothly, and made me wonder where I would take the story […]

Tackle Your TBR Read-A-Thon 2016! #TackleTBR

Last year, I participated in the Tackle Your TBR Read-A-Thon…and this year, I’m doing it again! This challenge takes place from September 12th to 26th. I have a to-read list as long as…something that is long. Last year, I determined that I had about 311 books on my to-read list. (I’ll update with a current […]

#ReadThemAllThon Book Review: Evensong by Krista Walsh

Rating: Three out of five stars TW: Mention of rape I want to start this review by saying, I very much enjoyed this book. The story was the type of fantasy-adventure I love reading about. I did not want to put the book down and when I did, I was thinking about the next time […]

#ReadThemAllThon TBR

Starting today (technically yesterday) I will be participating in the Pokemon Read-A-Thon hosted by Read at Midnight! Pokemon AND books? Count me in! The rules are to try to read eight books – one per Pokemon gym badge – from yesterday to September 4th! That’s three weeks of Pokemon-themed marathon reading. Can I do it […]