Soul Music by Terry Pratchett My rating: 2 of 5 stars Ok, I’m going to say this very quietly because I know that Terry Pratchett has a devoted following who loves and appreciates his writing style and creativity: I hated it. Soul Music follows many characters of the Discworld through an independent collection of self awakening. While Susan, […]
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She was a girl in a flower shop. A girl named Marigold. And it was the first time I ever felt the twinges of pain which accompany love. Her slender, golden fingers wrapped the flowers for my mother’s bouquet. Her slender, golden fingers punched the keys at the register. Her slender, golden fingers handed me […]
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She moved like a gypsy, her tent untethered, her shoes pointing north. And in her wake she left a trail of friendships, lovers, and mistakes. At the foot of a staggering mountainside, below the tree line which cut into the pure white powder, a fire burned; flames lapping in the wind. Clouds of icy snow […]
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Frost bitten needles litter the hard ground surrounding white washed rock gardens. To the east, a dawning sun bathes the hills in purple, peering through the veil of smoke from nearby fires. All is silent, but for the shuffle of cold feet across weathered floorboards. The clink of manacles echoing off the barren walls of […]
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee My rating: 5 of 5 stars As a writer I was determined to find out why this book was so highly praised to the point that within a year of printing it had landed the most coveted of writer’s awards: the Pulitzer Prize. Was it because it spoke boldly about the civil […]
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You will never see me cry. She whispered defiantly. Tears will turn to crystals on my cheeks, the drop abandoned by salt rivers. No. You will not see me break this stoic facade. Not for something so worthless as you. She turned toward the North, the wind brushing auburn curls away from her […]
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The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde My rating: 5 of 5 stars Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall… Humpty Dumpty had a great fall… But was it an accident? Suicide? Or was it murder? Jasper Fforde takes us into the extraordinary town of Reading where Nursery Crimes are prevalent, but irrelevant to the upper bosses […]
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Through my window branches clash together in a violent wind. The drizzled mist of rain spatters the glass and sodden leaves roll across the grass. The day is greeted with a dark, tumultuous sky. An extension of night. I wrap the blanket tighter around me. Its healing embrace warming my body. A tight crocheted pattern […]
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Twelve faces urge me to make a change. A mother’s tears, my father’s letter. Brave children who love me with devotion. They’re right and I know it, but I scowl in defiance. I have control or at least I used to. Now it seems the control controls me. A barrier is breaking. My wife, so […]
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