Hello Internet! This site has been pretty quiet in 2018. I've been unbelievably busy with school, a second job, and choreographic gigs on top of all that. There are many many things I would love to write about, but time conspires against us all, and here we are at the turn of the calendar. If [...]
Tag: fantasy
September Reading Frenzy!
Hi internet--let's talk books. This month has been a watershed month in terms of reading quantity. After a much-needed vacation, I discovered how to get e-books from our library, and so now I've read everything I could get my hands and eyeballs on. Also B&N had a sale on SFF, so. You know. CHILDREN OF [...]
August Books
Well, I'm back. Hi internet! I have returned from gallivanting across Iceland, the Netherlands, and Belgium. My brain has returned to the correct time-zone, but I'm still not sure what day it is. I intend to write at least two posts on our travels, but first thing's first--a book round-up. After my slack-off in July, [...]
July Books
Like most things in the month, my reading in July took a bit of a dip. I read three books. To be fair, they were all rather dense and not fast reads, sooooooooo. Excuses excuses. Vagina: A New Biography, Naomi Wolf I picked this one up on YouTube recommendation. It is a non-fiction exploration of [...]
April Showers Bring May…Books?
Happy end of May! It's been a weird month here in Central New York--summer weather, snow, more summer weather. The book-drought of April has given way, and I'm more than back on track for my yearly reading. I've read six books this month and 24 book total this year--48% of my goal of 50 books [...]
Reading in April
Happy Monday, denizens of the internet! And welcome to May, the month of AP exams, college graduations, and the cusp of summer. Following the smash-hit reading I did in March, April was more of a cricket-chirp. Between all the teaching, performing, traveling, and catch-up sleeping, I only read two books. [sad trombone] Luckily we make [...]
Book Review: Finnikin of the Rock
Well this was supposed to go on my next 'Mid-Month Reading Round-Up' but it turned into a bit of a rant. I present, for your reading pleasure, an irritated Holly: FINNIKIN OF THE ROCK, by Melina Marchetta URGH. I feel like I have to just admit to myself that I don't like YA Fantasy. This, [...]
Book Review: WAKE OF VULTURES
Every now and then a book comes along that holds up the middle finger to convention and expectations, proceeding to create its own world in its own damn way, thank you very much. WAKE OF VULTURES by Lila Bowen (pseudonym of Delilah Dawson), does exactly that. Take yer stodgy tropes and stuff'em in a sack. It's not [...]
My Imagined Life
Happy Friday, denizens of the internet. It is cold out, and gloomy, and I find I can't rouse the energy to talk about my dancing life. I have several shows and events in the next few weeks, and my after-work existence has consisted of bouncing from rehearsal to rehearsal with nary a moment to rest. [...]
Book Review: THE NAME OF THE WIND
"Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts. There are seven words that will make a person love you. There are ten words that will break a strong man's will. But a [...]
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