writing

  • I (Finally) Watched Shadow and Bone

    **I walk through the woods and make it to the clearing on the other side. A curtain hangs, held together by two trees, and people fret about getting ready. Today, the park is putting on a play. I take a… Continue reading

    I (Finally) Watched Shadow and Bone
  • Funko Pop Meets Books: Why Funko Should Utilize BookTok’s Popularity

    **I stare in the shoppe window as the sun dims behind me at a magnificent little figurine, seemingly hand-crafted. I have seen one similar in the display several weeks prior, but missed out on it. I stare for only a… Continue reading

    Funko Pop Meets Books: Why Funko Should Utilize BookTok’s Popularity
  • Maryland Renaissance Festival and Meeting Brigid Kemmerer

    **I don my costume for the festival. Though we live in a small towne, a little festival has travelled all the way here, where the townsfolk can dress up and purchase gifts from vendors in the street and watch as… Continue reading

    Maryland Renaissance Festival and Meeting Brigid Kemmerer
  • The Eyes of Tamburah Review

    **Sticks snap under my shoes and leaves crunch as animals scurry over them across the forest floor. The sound of a bird chirping creates a harmony with the stream flowing to my left, which has risen due to the recent… Continue reading

    The Eyes of Tamburah Review
  • August Wrap-Up

    **The short days, where the sun goes to sleep sooner and the birds stop chirping earlier, are the hardest. I trek back home with a small sliver of sunlight as my guide, wishing for just another hour of light. I… Continue reading

    August Wrap-Up
  • Favorite Book Covers

    **I scoop some fresh honey from the jar and slowly mix it into my tea. The beekeeper a few miles away sells it local, so I always make sure to buy some when I run low. I take my tea… Continue reading

    Favorite Book Covers
  • My Top 5 Auto-Buy Authors

    **Mushrooms grow outside my door. Little things, they are, but they almost make my little cottage all the more magical. My shoes clack on the cobblestone path as I take a walk deeper into the dense trees, my eyes searching… Continue reading

    My Top 5 Auto-Buy Authors
  • Used Bookstore Haul

    **About a half hour away, in a towne outside my own, sits a small bookstore with ivy crawling up the side and a cracked sidewalk leading up to it. I take the trek to the door, a sturdy wooden thing,… Continue reading

    Used Bookstore Haul
  • A Trip to the Library

    **The sun is beating down on me so I take shelter as soon as I get to the library to get out of the sun, though the inside is warm as well. A bit outside of towne, a small library… Continue reading

    A Trip to the Library
  • My Most Tabbed Books

    **I dogear the corner of my book, smiling all the while as I finish the page. My heart beats a little harder as I read a tale so beautifully written it should be read by everyone. Pages are flipped and… Continue reading

    My Most Tabbed Books