Everyone always says, “Don’t read the comments.” This is one instance in which I’m glad I read the comments. If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have known that “Today Means Amen,” Mulder’s sequel, as it were, to yesterday’s poem, “Werewolf,” even existed. So naturally, I listened. And naturally, I found it to be powerful and beautiful, … More “Today Means Amen” by Sierra de Mulder | Slammin’ on the One
National Poetry Month Day 2. Let’s see how many days in a row I can do this before I run out of steam. After I posted “Your Life” by Andrea Gibson yesterday, I perused the online catalogue of the library and found one of their collections available — Take Me With You. This collection happened … More “Werewolf” by Sierra de Mulder | Slammin’ on the One
April is National Poetry Month, and to celebrate, I’m going to attempt to post a poem that I really like every day. Today, The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents asked about our favorite poems. While this isn’t my favorite poem (I couldn’t find a recording of the one I was looking for), this one is … More “Your Life” by Andrea Gibson | Slammin’ on the One
Have you read The Arc of a Scythe yet…? … More [Book Trailer] The Toll by Neal Shusterman
I had a minute, so I thought I’d pop in and do Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s topic: Binge Worthy TV shows. So to be fair, I don’t watch that much television. We usually do one show at a time, and watch them once the season is … More Binge Worthy TV Shows | Top Ten Tuesday
Update: I’m only about 16 pages into Ghost Boys. I had some challenges with the audiobook and figuring out the format of the text, so I put it on hold until I got home. That meant there was a lot of singing during the two hours I spent in the car by myself today. Today’s … More Bout of Books 22.3
Today’s Bout of Books challenge is called The Year Of You. We were challenged to find a book from that means something to is that was published the year we were born. Here’s my contribution. View this post on Instagram #boutofbooks challenge 2: the year of you. This book was published the year that I … More Bout of Books 22.2
So I decided to participate in Bout of Books #22 because it seemed like a read-a-thon that I could handle within my regular reading life. To read more, it means more audiobooks this week. I can handle that. Challenge No. 1: #InSixWords View this post on Instagram I’m giving #boutofbooks a try. Here’s my #insixwords: … More Bout of Books 22.1
One of my favorite things about summer reading is hyping the free audiobooks from AudioBookSync. If you’re a teenager or you know teenagers who like audiobooks, AudioBookSync is definitely something to check out. They return on April 26. There are some awesome titles this summer, too. When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon Solo by … More AudioBookSync is Coming Back!
Hello, readers. I just wanted to pop in and tell you that I’m smothered in books I’ve read that I want to review. Time is an illusive something-or-other. It seems to keep slipping through my fingers while I’m doing other things. Like writing. I wanted to pop in and say that I’m almost ready with … More A Backlog of Book Reviews
