Coming soon! An excellent set of stories. Follow the writer’s blog to get a glimpse of what’s in store 🙂 I am D. Avery and it’s been 9 days since I have posted anything or written anything new. I have not quit writing. In fact I have been… formatting. I am pretty excited to beContinueContinue reading “Admitting — ShiftnShake”
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Crevice by Trina Young — BURNING HOUSE PRESS
This was a particularly haunting and compelling look at depression. An absolutely excellent read! Click the link below to see the full story. Corinne shrunk herself to bird size, just hatched. Cupped on a leaf, she floated down from a tree branch delicately. Her mind rocked back and forth, rocking the leaf back and forth.ContinueContinue reading “Crevice by Trina Young — BURNING HOUSE PRESS”
The Benefits of Diverse Reading
Lately, I’ve made a much more conscious effort at reading diversely. We chose The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu for my cousins’ book club. I read Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat for the 2018 Madlibs reading challenge. And for my book club at work with my coworkers, we’re reading Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor.ContinueContinue reading “The Benefits of Diverse Reading”
Meagan Reads SciFi: Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
I’ve been participating in the MadLibs Reading Challenge 2018, and I chose this book as one of the “noun” categories. Be warned that spoilers are coming ahead, so if you plan on reading the book, do not pass this line! Annihilation is a relatively short read, but don’t let it’s small size fool you. ThereContinueContinue reading “Meagan Reads SciFi: Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer”
Meagan Reads YA Fiction: Wrecked by Maria Padian
This is a post I made for my cousin’s blog. Click the link below to see the full review. This one is a bit of a backlist, as it was published in 2016. However, its contents and story are still relevant, as they have always been, and as I fear they may always be. IContinueContinue reading “Meagan Reads YA Fiction: Wrecked by Maria Padian”
Meagan Reads Nonfiction: Hunger: A Memoir of (my) Body by Roxane Gay
I’ve started contributing to my cousin’s blog. Here’s my first post on her site! Hunger: A Memoir of (my) Body by Roxane Gay, Harper Collins, 2017 Hi everyone! I’m a new contributor to Chronicles of a Music Journalist, as requested by my cousin. My name’s Meagan and I’ll start my debut here with a reviewContinueContinue reading “Meagan Reads Nonfiction: Hunger: A Memoir of (my) Body by Roxane Gay”
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”
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”