So you guys know I really have no formal training in fiction writing. (My MFA focus was poetry.) But, I read a lot and I’ve been paying attention why I like or dislike novels or parts of novels. Sometimes, I think the setting keeps me from enjoying the story. Right now I am reading …
Tag: novels
My Summer Reads
I’ve read quite a bit this summer, although not as much as I wanted to! Last summer I read 18 books total, mostly YA novels. This year my choices were more eclectic, with a combination of YA, literary novels, chick lit, and non-fiction. If you count a few books I read right at the end …
Date With a Bookworm
Steven’s parents wanted the kids this weekend, so Steven and I have had 2 date nights! We have two typical kinds of date nights: Dinner and a Movie, or Dinner and a Bookstore. Yes, I know. We’re so exciting. On Friday we couldn’t agree on a movie to see, so I suggested going to a …
Caught Between Places
One of the panels I went to at the Southern Festival of Books was titled Our Feet May Leave, But Not Our Hearts – Stories of Home and Place (I know, kinda cheesy title, but it was YA novelists so I was hooked), and the panelists were Silas House and Meg Medina. I’d heard of Silas …
Book Month Challenge Day 25: Favorite Book You Read In School
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. My senior year in high school I took a class called 20th Century History. It was awesome. The teacher, Mr. Bradshaw, was so cool. He was one of those teachers that makes you want to come to class every day. We did all kinds of fun stuff in his class …