With that title, you were worried I was going to go into a spiel about how books are my best friends. Admit it! You did! If not bravo. I am in no way knocking the idea of having a book as a best friend. Books have saved my life (getting me through my depression and … Continue reading Literary Friends
Dear Readers, I have always been a Paranoid Polly (my own personal reference) when it comes to, in all honesty, the majority of my life. So when I was awoken in the middle of the night mid-June by a nightmare which made me force myself to wake up and walk around my room before I … Continue reading When writing goes really really well…
Welcome back to another Wednesday of Who Wore it Best where our book covers walk the literary red carpet to be enjoyed (hopefully) by everyone. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Path has been one book I have been wanting to read for quite some time. I had hoped to have it finished by the last … Continue reading The Bell Jar – Who Wore it Best
Hello again literary lovelies, I find myself being haunted by past reads. Storylines which are creeping into my dreams long after I've read the last page. Has this ever happened to you? Has there been a book which just wouldn't let you go? I have had books whisper for a reread but it has been … Continue reading They Still Haunt Me – Part Two
Consciousness flooded in as those words repeated themselves in my head, "Everybody has an addiction mine just happens to be you." A moment later it dawned on me as my blurry eyes tried to clear the room. The words weren't a broken record in my head but continually came from the mouth of the last … Continue reading Everybody has an addiction – Writing Prompt Wednesday
... if you could jump into the pages of one of your favourite books? Would you be flying high with dragons? Casting spells with ease? Drinking tea and dancing in Regency England? Scurrying down blacked out streets during The Blitz of WWII? Questing with confidants to save the world? Or peering through a magnifying glass … Continue reading Where would you go…
"Did you just say what I thought you said?" Her words broke through the fog which had permeated where we stood. "I don't know what you're talking about." I let my lack of answer hang between us. "If you're planning on following through with what you said..." She hesitated. But in reality, it was a … Continue reading Dreams do come true I guess – Writing Prompt Wednesday
... about moving from two posts a week to one during the summer months literary lovelies. I know I finally have been posted more frequently this month but with July comes a four-hour trek to cottage country and August brings me travelling back to Saskatchewan to visit my family for a few weeks. I feel … Continue reading I am thinking…
Goodreads Synopsis: Monkey Temple is a coming-of-old-age adventure about two longtime best friends and rivals who, determined to “not go gentle into that good night,” set off on a final road trip. Their efforts to face past failures and give meaning to their dwindling futures change their lives forever but not at all as they … Continue reading Monkey Temple – Review
Dear Readers, A topic has come to my attention which I would like to discuss with you: What does and doesn't belong on a book cover in your opinion? Are you okay with quotes from reviews? If so does it matter if they are from other popular authors or newspapers or other publications forms? Are … Continue reading Discussion: What should or shouldn’t be on a book cover?
