Books, Taylor Swift, and other hyperfixations
I just found a wonderful, trashy, perfect new show. Netflix claimed it was a 97% match for me. I began watching with blind trust. The show is called "Elite." Set in Spain, it follows three scholarship students who've just transferred to a fancy new school. The first episode opens with one of these students walking… Continue reading Why I love Netflix’s “Elite”
I keep about a dozen franchises locked away in my brain with one or two favorite characters from each. Because of this, I have the hardest time picking characters for challenges like R.I.P. It or Ship It, especially when I'm limited to BOOKS. Which is NONSENSE. Instead of choosing 30 characters, I only used characters… Continue reading The Triumphant Return of R.I.P. It or Ship It
Technically, Oktoberfest ended on the 7th. But who cares? Let's keep the celebration going all month long! I found this tag on Coffee and Cocktails. Feel free to post a rebuttal here or there or everywhere. Wine Coolers You’re 16 and you finally managed to sneak one of your mom’s Smirnoff Ices. What is one… Continue reading Celebrating Oktoberfest: Drunk Book Tag
Over plates of mediocre spaghetti, I hear a familiar discussion start. A fellow Christian (usually male, shaking his head sadly) puts his fork down and bellows, "The body of Christ is so FRACTURED!" The rest of the table pauses. I munch on a corner of garlic bread. "How can we have UNITY in the church," the… Continue reading Solving Spiritual Debates
I had a hard time coming up with characters for this book tag. I need to read more YA. With "adult" novels, I don't tend to care about (or remember) the characters. "The THEMES are the really important thing-" No. False. Write better characters. ANYWAY. I found this tag and loved it. The gist of… Continue reading You’re Not Good Enough Book Tag
INT. 12 GRIMMAUD PLACE - NIGHT REMUS LUPIN bursts in on HARRY POTTER, HERMIONE GRANGER, and RON WEASLEY in the flat's shabby living room. REMUS Hey, guys! I'm here to join your team! RON What team? HERMIONE He means the HORCRUXES, Ronald. HARRY Where's Tonks? Remus rolls his eyes. REMUS I don't know. Probably at… Continue reading Remus Lupin: A dramatic reimagining
I CAN'T STOP DOING BOOK TAGS. I found this tag here. Today you learn all about how I read. Do you have a certain place at home for reading? I do - the floor at the foot of my bed. It's the only free space in my apartment and my therapist told me I'm not… Continue reading Reading Habits Tag
All the commentary I've read on this tag refers to Swift's 2014 switch from country to pop. If only you knew, 2014. By the by, I loved 1989. Solid, solid album. Dear The Book Nut: Thanks for all the tags. I'm being serious. Y'all are great. Let's. Jump. In. (Spoilers ahead) We Are Never Ever Getting… Continue reading Taylor Swift Book Tag
I REACHED THE FINAL DAY. I won a badge! LOOK: I still have to write today's post. Let me just tear my eyes away from my victory. I just wrote about some of my least favorite genres, but today I have the chance to go into more detail. Generally, I do not read: Historical Nonfiction… Continue reading 10 Day Book Blog Post Challenge #10: Which genres do you not like to read?
As a rule, I don't believe in Relationship Goals. No couple inspires me enough that I want a relationship like theirs. With most ships, the details of their union leave me thinking, "That would never work for me." That isn't, however, true of all my favorite ships. Scanning my bookshelf, I found a couple I… Continue reading 10 Day Book Blog Post Challenge #9: Write about a favorite ship
Narrative Paradise 