There was so much gloom and gray. The rain pounded for days at a time. The chill drilled down into her bones. And just when she thought she couldn’t take…
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A long time ago, this girl had dreams. She had chocolate-covered, confetti sparkling dreams. The world was wide open, wide like the grins she wore between two long, brown pigtails.…
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Welcome to another edition of Music Match-Up, where literature meets music. Today is another YA-Indie pairing. See what you think of what I’ve paired here. Eleanor & Park // “State…
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It’s Tuesday! And this means another edition of TOP TEN TUESDAY, a weekly meme brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish. I always feel like this on Tuesday……
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Someone placed it there. A neon green wooden chair parked in the middle of the city sidewalk on an ordinary Wednesday. Men and women in business suits and those casually…
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Welcome to the first edition of “Music Match-Up”. This is where my love of music and my love of books come together to form a beautiful union. Music is such…
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Happy Galentine’s Day!!! Um, well… And it happens to fall on Tuesday, which is also TOP TEN TUESDAY brought to you by The Broke and The Bookish. So this week…
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It’s always such a tiny box, thrown in at the last minute. You hardly pay attention to it and never read its infinite wording. Because it never matters. Nothing…
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A Winter Dream Sam sat quietly in the back as the subway car traveled over rickety rails, gasping for breath in the chilly February air. Little by little, the subway…
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Dessert! Yes, please! It’s my favorite food group, and cupcakes are #1 on my Top Ten Dessert list. Speaking of Top Ten….It’s TOP TEN TUESDAY brought to you by The…
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The weekend came to a close. Excitement dimmed as she rose higher into the evening sky, and her heart sank like the setting sun outside the tiny airplane window. Her…
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My tiny patent leather shoes made clicking sounds on the black-and-white tiled floor. Chairs with plastic-covered cushioned seats and silver wire backs filled the room, and the whole place smelled…
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There are certain things you do at certain times. Such as wearing pink on Wednesdays. And posting a Top Ten Tuesday list on Tuesdays. (If you want to join in…
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The chairs were set out. Exactly 100 rows. 20 of the same chairs on either side, each an exact copy of the one next to it. Soon the speaker’s voice…
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Happy Lunar New Year! It’s the biggest celebration in Chinese culture. This is the Year of the Rooster! (If you want to find your Chinese zodiac animal, go here.) To…
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What chain in your life can you trace back to a first link on one memorable day?
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Hatchet (Paulsen). The Story of My Life (Keller, H.). Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Taylor). Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott (Freedman). Lightning Thief (Riordan). What…
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The skies poured buckets of rain down on the town. The clouds and air and ground were one continuous gray sheet. The streets flooded until the cobblestones disappeared beneath puddles…
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Book covers are the best! Especially when they are for your very own debut novel! I’ve chosen a cover for CHASING EVELINE, and I want you to join in on…
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It’s difficult to write a book. Seriously. But sometimes I think it’s not just the putting the words down on the paper that’s the toughest. (Although a first draft, for…