Another old assignment from my undergrad years as a creative writing major at UCF. “Again Daddy, again,” Susie laughed as her father, Frank, finished waltzing her around their private garden. The array of flowers changed from side to side, surrounding the father and his daughter with pink and red roses, white and purple carnations, aromaticContinueContinue reading “Keeping Time”
Author Archives: Meagan Kimberly
Why It’s Important to Diversify Your Reading
A never-ending stack of books (Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay) I’ve spent the last two and a half years reading for a book challenge my best friend and I decided to take on. She’s a much faster reader than I am and finished in about a year. It was the first time I’d ever doneContinueContinue reading “Why It’s Important to Diversify Your Reading”
Growing Up With Anne of Green Gables
It took me a little over two years, but I finally finished the 26 book reading challenge! I ended the two-year endeavor with the category “a book you love, read it again,” with Anne of Green Gables. I read this book so many times between 4th and 6th grade that I lost count of howContinueContinue reading “Growing Up With Anne of Green Gables”
Out of Line — Christy Leos
Sharing this poignant piece from a writer I just started following. kneeling on the line head down a nod to fallen comrades lovers sisters brothers fathers mothers sons daughters friends defying the red white blue facade the home of the free is a lie at home huddles of angry people are quick to condemn thoseContinueContinue reading “Out of Line — Christy Leos”
Little things you can do to help asexual and aromantic people
This isn’t exactly to do with what I usually post, but I felt it was important to share, as inclusion is something I strive for in writing and reading as well. Source: Little things you can do to help asexual and aromantic people
Meagan Reads YA Fantasy: Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
I finished reading the first in the Brooklyn Brujas series, Labyrinth Lost, a few days ago. I decided to sit on my experience for a bit before writing about it. I want to talk about how I discovered the book in the first place. Thanks to various Goodreads book giveaways, the novel was put onContinueContinue reading “Meagan Reads YA Fantasy: Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova”
Meagan Reads Sci-Fi: The Martian by Andy Weir
The Martian by Andy Weir (Image from Goodreads) I feel like it’s been a while since I picked up a book that made me really excited and breeze through it so fast, even with a full-time job and part-time grad school. Andy Weir’s The Martian did that for me. I read it as my 24thContinueContinue reading “Meagan Reads Sci-Fi: The Martian by Andy Weir”
How a Reader Became a Comic Book Fan: The Comic Book Kid
Comic book onomatopoeia speech bubble (Image by Annalise Batista from Pixabay) I was not, in fact, a comic book kid. They just weren’t something on my radar as a child reader. I had a subscription to a Barbie book club. I frequented the library, and eventually as I got older, Borders Bookstore. But comics wereContinueContinue reading “How a Reader Became a Comic Book Fan: The Comic Book Kid”
A New Way to Book Club
After several years of liking one another’s Goodreads and Facebook statuses, my cousins and I finally had the brilliant idea to start a family book club. Virtual, of course, as we are spread around South and Central Florida, Virginia, and New Jersey. The only problem is, with such varied schedules and reading speeds, picking oneContinueContinue reading “A New Way to Book Club”