What I'm writing, What I'm reading
I finished 10 books during the month of April:The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan (reread)The Pisces by Melissa Broder (ARC)Strange Weather by Joe Hill (audiobook)My (not so) Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella (audiobook)Mr. Mercedes by Stephen KingCrash by Lisa McMann (audiobook)The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasAll Hallows’ Eve by Charles WilliamsThe Fifth Assassin... Continue Reading →
This would be much more dramatic if the quarter slots still took actual quarters. It’s deeply unsatisfying to swipe my card and watch the tiny number appear on the screen instead of dropping in my last piece of shining silver. I miss the feel of the cool metal, the scrape of the coin against the... Continue Reading →
I finished 12 books in March:Warning Light by David Ricciardi (ARC)The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn (audiobook)A Matter of Trust by Lis Wiehl (audiobook)Ruin and Rising by Leigh BardugoThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonDead Watch by John Sandford (audiobook)Joyland by Stephen KingThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (audiobook)Nice Try, Jane Sinner... Continue Reading →
Prompt from They Fight Crime!He’s a scrappy devious gangster in drag. She’s a brilliant gold-digging mercenary on the trail of a serial killer.“Now those are some killer shoes.”I take a moment to appreciate my footwear before looking up. Rich purple bands twine across my feet, around my ankles and calves. Mirror-bright silver heels catch the... Continue Reading →
I finished 10 books in February:The Magicians by Lev Grossman (audiobook)The Wanted by Robert Crais (audiobook)Y is for Yesterday by Sue GraftonFoundations of Problem-based Learning by Maggi Savin-Baden and Claire Howell MajorPast Perfect by Danielle Steel (audiobook)History is All You Left Me by Adam SilveraTen Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia GrayDon’t Let Go by... Continue Reading →
If you search “strange photos” in Google Images you find some straaaange photos. This story was inspired by this photo:https://designyoutrust.com/2016/05/bodies-of-strange-creatures-were-found-in-the-basement-of-an-old-house-in-london/ “Are those? Wings?”“Yes?”“On a person?”“Yes?”“On a tiny person?”Yes.” This time my voice is certain.“Like a fairy.”And now my voice is gone. That’s what this thing looks like. A delicate little fairy. Dried and preserved and... Continue Reading →
I finished 13 books in January:Isaac Newton: Discovering Laws that Govern the Universe by Michael WhiteA Plague of Giants by Kevin Hearne (ARC)The Call by Peader O’GuilinThe Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (reread)Isaac Newton by James GleickSiege and Storm by Leigh BardugoAlbert Einstein by Frieda WishinskyRenegades by Marissa Meyer (audiobook)Crown of Midnight by Sarah J... Continue Reading →
Chuck Wendig issued a challenge to write a short story inspired by a song lyric. This is what happens when that challenge mixes in my mind with a Tweet from MagicalRealismBot.Last night I dreamt about a koala whispering inside a mountain. It beckoned me close with its dainty dagger-tipped paws. I stepped into the fire-lit... Continue Reading →
In December, I finished 10 books:A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia GrayKillers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (audiobook)The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen KingThe Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan (reread)I’ve Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella (audiobook)Shadow and Bone by Leigh BardugoThe Crown by Kiera CassThe Chemist by Stephenie... Continue Reading →
In November I finished sixteen books:Come Sundown by Nora Roberts (audiobook)The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady CrossThe Rule Maker by Jennifer BlackwoodBlue Smoke and Murder by Elizabeth Lowell (audiobook)The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen (ARC)Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell (audiobook)The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan (reread)Teach Like a... Continue Reading →
Susan Monroe McGrath 