The Girls at 17 Swann Street and other January Reads

I finished 8 books in January:Time’s Convert by Deborah HarknessYour First Year as a High School Teacher by Lynne Rominger etal.The Girls at 17 Swann Street by Yara Zgheib (ARC)Vicious by V.E. SchwabThe Suspect by Fiona Barton (ARC)The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen Kinghttps://amzn.to/2TuKWuHThe Hakawati by Rabih AlameddineMore Than Words by Jill Santopolo (eARC)I... Continue Reading →

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The High Price of Dreams

They’re more expensive than I thought. I mean, it’s only three tiny orange pills, combined, they are still smaller than the nail on my pinky finger. I wasn’t prepared to pay so much for so little. Three hundred dollars. A hundred bucks for one little dream. Insurance doesn’t cover these, they’re still too new, too... Continue Reading →

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The Night Tiger and Other December Reads

I finished nine books in December:Tower of Dawn by Sarah J MaasThe Paragon Hotel by Lyndsay Faye (eARC)An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris (audiobook)The Hummingbird’s Daughter by Luis Alberto UrreaA Conjuring of Light by V.E. SchwabDouble Blind by Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen (audiobook)In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteNimona by Noelle StevensonThe Night Tiger by... Continue Reading →

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I Saw Mommy Kissing

I’m sure you’ve heard the song. It’s everywhere during December. Cute little kid, chirping about sneaking out of bed to peek at presents and getting the unpleasant surprise of Mommy smooching on Santa. Like most things in life, the reality isn’t quite so cute.It was Christmas Eve, or maybe super early Christmas morning, I didn’t... Continue Reading →

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Credo

I was looking through my notebook from a Playwriting class I took in college and came across this Credo, written in 1997 by a much younger me. Surprisingly, it still applies.I believe in the sound of the wind blowing through the trees. I believe in a mountain night so clear I can see the entire... Continue Reading →

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An Anonymous Girl and other November Reads

I finished nine books in the month of November:The First Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer and John Mensch (ARC)A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. SchwabAn Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen (ARC)Before and Again by Barbara Delinsky (audiobook)Turtles all the Way Down by John GreenThe Cure by Douglas E. RichardsThe Dark is Rising by... Continue Reading →

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House of Gold and other October Reads

I finished 9 books in October:Turpentine by Spring WarrenHouse of Gold by Natasha Solomons (ARC)Buried Secrets by Joseph Finder (audiobook)Seconds by David ElyThe Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan (reread)We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonEmpire of Storms by Sarah J. MaasThe Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware (audiobook)Finders Keepers by... Continue Reading →

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The Dream Daughter and Other September Reads

I finished eight books in September:Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper by Robert BlochThe Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith (audiobook)The Ancient Nine by Ian Smith (eARC)Betrayal by John LescroartThe Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain (ARC)When the Lights Go Out by Mary Kubica (audiobook)The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky ChambersNovember Road by Lou... Continue Reading →

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The Day I Fell For You

They say when you're dying you see your life flash before your eyes. You get to relive your life in snippets, like a highlight reel. It's true. It's also not the whole story. I know there's more because it happened to me. Well, not the dying part, not quite.I almost died when I was thirteen.... Continue Reading →

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