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 24thContinue 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 wereContinue 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 oneContinue reading "A New Way to Book Club"

For the Floo Girls

The following poem was originally featured at my other writing blog here. My friends and I did a poetry writing challenge in which we wrote pieces inspired by music from Florence and the Machine, and created Floetry. This piece has a particular structure on the page that I cannot replicate through WordPress because HTML isContinue reading "For the Floo Girls"

Signal boosting!

I’m very happy to be hosting the Carnival of Aces for the third time! (Check out my previous times as host, and my submissions to others’ topics here) For those that don’t know, a blogging carnival is an online event where a host blog suggests a theme, and people submit pieces based around that theme. […]Continue reading "Signal boosting!"

Yellow Highlighter —

By Lori Cramer Whenever adults asked young Winston what he wanted to be when he grew up, he always gave the same answer: a yellow highlighter. Invariably, the adult who’d posed the question would stifle a snicker, pat Winston on his fluffy little head, and suggest that he consider a more conventional option—like, say, a […]Continue reading "Yellow Highlighter —"

Poetry & Talents Reading in Hollywood FL

Hello followers and readers! For those of you who may be in Broward County, FL or know someone in the area who is interested in poetry readings, I'll be doing my first ever with Poetry & Talents: The Power of Forgiveness. The link to the Event Brite ticket page is below. Please help spread theContinue reading "Poetry & Talents Reading in Hollywood FL"

Spiders Don’t Write Poetry —

A nice little piece with lovely images. By James Blevins “We’re here for only a short while,” Amy said out loud, sketch pad on lap, pencil poised over blank page. “Then it’s back to the spider.” Her breath, a frosty, cloudy haze, emitted percussively as she spoke. “But as far as I know,” she continuedContinue reading "Spiders Don’t Write Poetry —"