Reading Challenge: Famous Author You’ve Never Read
Time for the next category in the RWC 2017 Reading Challenge. Category #22: A famous author you're embarrassed to admit you've never read This category will be different for everyone depending on the gaps in your reading repertoire. For me, I managed to miss a lot of...
Reading Challenge: Book to Screen
Time for the next category in the RWC 2017 Reading Challenge. Category #21: A book adapted into a movie or tv show The answer to the age-old question of which is better, the movie or the book, is almost always the book. I'm sure there are exceptions, though I can't...
October/Poetober Wrap-Up
All the creepiness last month! My goal for October: Let's go with 5 again. I'm only counting 4, though technically 1 of those included 2 books in a set. More below... Also, I consumed a lot of dark and stormy Poetember-related video, audio, and live events. What I...
Reading Challenge: A Thriller
Time for the next category in the RWC 2017 Reading Challenge. Category #20: A thriller This one, I'll admit, is a bit of a gimme for me. The number of thrillers I read in a year far blows away any other genre. I love the suspense, the tension, the mystery... And what...
Reading Challenge: One-Hit Wonder
Time for the next category in the RWC 2017 Reading Challenge. Category #19: A book by a one-hit wonder author This category is all about authors who published one big book and nothing else. Until recently, this would've included Harper Lee for "To Kill a Mockingbird."...
Poetober 2017
Welcome to October, the month when we turn to all things dark and haunted. I call it "Poetober" as a tribute to Edgar Allan Poe, King of Creepiness. I love this time of year. The weather starts to turn cooler, leaves change color, and monsters go bump in the night. By...