Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
This week for writing group we gave each other a line from a song. This lyric started our poem. No, it did not have to be the first line of a song. I was given a line from Me and the Devil by Soap&Skin. I did not know the song title until after writing the
The prompt this week was folklore. I chose to write about the Thunderbird from Native legend. Each Native tribe that has a Thunderbird story tells a unique version. My poem pulls from serval versions of the Thunderbird story. This is not meant to represent any one telling, it is simply for creative purposes. Thunderbird: Described
Title: Spells for ForgettingAuthor: Adrienne YoungPublication Date: 2022Publishing House: Delacorte Press I got this book from Book of the Month as an additional book for my birthday. I read it in a cabin on a rainy spring weekend. My setting was not required but it did add something extra. Synopsis: A deeply atmospheric story about ancestral
Title: Jonathan Strange & Mr NorrellAuthor: Susanna ClarkePublication Date: 2004Publishing House: Bloomsbury USA Back in January I read Nail Gaiman’s The View from the Cheap Seats. And in addition to Gaiman suggesting some great bands, he also talks about other books. Some of those books are ones he read and some, like this one, he read
Title: The Wind from FaerieAuthor: William Justus Publication Date: 2019Publishing House: Authors 4 Authors Publishing Cooperative I wanted an easy book to listen to on the plane during our last trip and picked this audiobook from the library. Synopsis: Kellan can only dream of a life without servitude, a life beyond the woods. And magic? That’s
Title: A River EnchantedAuthor: Rebecca RossPublication Date: 2022Publishing House: Harper Voyager I picked this book for my birthday from Book of the Month. I flew through it in a week. This is a series but there are only two and the second book A Fire Endless, is set to release in December of 2022. Goodreads
Title: The Night CircusAuthor: Erin MorgensternPublication Date: 2011Publishing House: Doubleday After having stumbled upon and loving Morgenstern’s The Starless Sea I had to read her first book. I listened to this book as an audiobook from the local library. The version they have is narrated by Jim Dale, the same narrator for the Harry Potter
Title: Dragon BloodAuthor: Patricia BriggsPublication Date: 2003Publishing House: Berkley Publishing Group Sometimes between heavy books you need something a bit lighter and easier to read. After finishing learning about the life of George Washington I decided my brain needed a break. This is a book that has sat on my to-read shelf for a couple
Title: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRueAuthor: V.E. SchwabPublication Date: 2020Publishing House: Tor Books I actually finished this book before New Years but with the holidays and traveling I didn’t have time to post it last week. I hope you enjoy this review as much as I enjoyed this book! Synopsis from Goodreads France, 1714:
Title: The Time of ContemptAuthor: Andrzej Sapkowski, David French (Translator)Publication Date: 1995, 2013Publishing House: Orbit I listened to this book as an audiobook through the the library. If you can, support your local library. The Time of Contempt is the second book in The Witcher series after Blood of Elves. From Goodreads: Geralt is a
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