There was a shooting—another; again—at a school yesterday. An elementary school. Elementary. I’m from Texas, where it took place. My family still lives there. I have a niece in second grade. It could have been her school. It should not be any school. I am done. I am done with COVID, now monkey pox, with my family being diagnosed with chronic health problems. I am done with governments that do not care about their citizens, but choose to aggrandize their own agendas. I am done ...
Musings
Change Your Stars
Please note: this post may contain affiliate links for products I recommend. If you make a purchase through these links, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. At the time of writing this, I just finished reading The Time Traveler's Wife for the first time within the past hour. No, I haven't gotten the weeks mixed up. This isn't a review of the book; more a reflection of myself, of what the book highlighted ...
WOMS: The Crow Rider
Please note: this post may contain affiliate links for products I recommend. If you make a purchase through these links, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Did you know that this month is Jewish American Heritage Month? (It's also Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, too.) That means for this month's WOMS posts (all two of them), I'm going to review two books by Jewish American authors, and ...
We’re Going to be Okay
I've had two blog posts swirling around in my mind for the past few days, so let's see what actually gets drafted and posted today, shall we? Two weeks ago, I shared how recent news would be changing things in my near future. At the time, I was disheartened, disgruntled, and definitely a little bitter, if not projecting some past experiences on a future that hasn't even arrived yet. I took time to breathe, restraining from venting my frustrations and anger on this site, and thankfully have ...
WOMS: The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels
Please note: this post may contain affiliate links for products I recommend. If you make a purchase through these links, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This book! Where to begin? Raucous. Zany. FUN! Or as one review put it, Delightfully bonkers. Jen Deluca, author of the Well Played I was not expecting the absolute riot of an adventure that is India Holton's The Wisteria Society of Lady ...
Beautiful Inconsistency
Back when I initially drafted this post, I was in the middle of my unemployment stint. It had been roughly three months, carrying over for another. As of today, a total of five months later, the end could be in sight as I've just received an update from one prospective employer they're moving forward with my application. This change affects what I wanted to share today because I've been given the gift of retrospection. I started writing those thoughts within the original draft, but I think ...
WOMS: The Untold Story
Please note: this post may contain affiliate links for products I recommend. If you make a purchase through these links, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Since Evie Dunmore's The Gentleman's Gambit isn't due for another...five months, my next WOMS review is for the conclusion of a series I've read but not written about before except to mention how quickly I fell in love with its charms. The series is ...
The Case to Redefine High Fantasy: The Hero’s Journey
Please note: this post may contain affiliate links for products I recommend. If you make a purchase through these links, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. It should come as no surprise to some that I am doing a third part in this series. I'm no stranger to it. Being as passionate as I am about high fantasy, choosing to devote myself to pursuing a career out of writing within said genre, my convictions ...
WOMS: Portrait of a Scotsman
Please note: this post may contain affiliate links for products I recommend. If you make a purchase through these links, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. I know I switched things around two weeks ago when I shared my review of Rena Rossner's The Light of the Midnight Stars in celebration of Purim, but I did promise I would later share my review of Evie Dunmore's Portrait of a Scotsman. Here it ...
The Case to Redefine High Fantasy: Epic Films
Please note: this post may contain affiliate links for products I recommend. If you make a purchase through these links, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Two weeks ago I shared about a conversation a friend of mine and I had regarding our frustrations with how high fantasy is defined within the literary world. The nuances of our discussion, though limited to literature, still had me thinking and referring ...
