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…
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.…
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…
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……
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
What chain in your life can you trace back to a first link on one memorable day?
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…
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…
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…
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…