Book Cover Throwback: Animal Farm
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Animal Farm by George Orwell. What I Love about This Cover: These two are harboring some serious animosity. It’s not good for the soul. 😉 Simplistic and yet it works. What I Don’t Love about Read More…
Flashback Friday: Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed
This week’s Flashback Friday: Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed aka The Naming of Names by Ray Bradbury. When I first read this short story, it was titled “Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed,” rather than its original name “The Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: The Martian Chronicles
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. What I Love about This Cover: It’s a beautifully envisioned Mars. I love everything about it: the architectural curves, the Marsians, all of it. What I Don’t Love about Read More…
Water, water everywhere
Water, water everywhere and nary a drop to drink… I mean that literally because our kitchen is currently inaccessible. While I was away at Cascade Writers’ Workshop this past weekend, the condo unit above us had a hot water heater Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Something Wicked This Way Comes
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. What I Love about This Cover: This cover is made of nightmares. Seriously. I’ll never see a carousel the same way again. What I Don’t Love about Read More…
Flashback Friday: Bridge to Terabithia
This week’s Flashback Friday: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson. While not normally listed or thought of as fantasy novel, this book certainly has fantastical elements to it. We read Bridge to Terabithia in 6th grade reading class. Just the Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Bridge to Terabithia
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson. What I Love about This Cover: This was the cover of the book when I read it in 6th grade, though it’s changed a lot since then. Some of Read More…
Monday Night Gaming: RIP Iwata-San
This week’s Monday Night Gaming: RIP Iwata-San. The first video game I ever played was Super Mario Bros. I played it on my very first game console, the NES–a toaster sized gray box that required players to blow into it Read More…
Flashback Friday: Franchise Novels
This week’s Flashback Friday: Franchise Novels. I’m happy to have author April Daniels here for a guest post on how franchise novels influenced her as a writer and taught her to never be ashamed of her interests and passions! So, Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Neverwhere
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. What I Love about This Cover: Again, the simplicity of the cover. There is so much being said in it, yet there are only two scenes. The color usage is also Read More…
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