Category: 2016 Challenges
O Canada: Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill
O Canada: Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill Baby is 12 and lives with her father, Jules, in Montreal. Jules and her mother had her when they were 15. In a lot of ways, they have grown up together. But Jules has a heroin problem and terrible lungs, so Baby is in and out…
Dark Night of the Soul by Gary Reilly
Dark Night of the Soul by Gary Reilly Brendan AKA Murph is a cab driver in Colorado. Having been a 14 year veteran of the cab company to support his 4 day a week Gilligan’s Island/writing habit, he’s seen most of what goes on. But one day, everything piles up. First, a little old lady…
Deliver Her by Patricia Perry Donovan
Meg Carmody finds drugs in a pillow after leaving her daughter home… While it may have been one of the people AT the party her daughter threw, Meg doesn’t want to take chances–Alex is not the child she was a year ago. This was before her sweet sixteen party, when Alex’s best friend Cass is…
What I’m Reading
It’s Tuesday, but it feels like a Monday because we had that awesome 3 day weekend. I want more weekends/weeks like that, I think. Anyway, it’s time to talk about what I am reading on this glorious day… Here’s a sample of what I’m reading. The Love of the Last Tycoon is an authorized text…
Back to the 80s: A Review of Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Back to the 80s: A Review of Ready Player One by Ernest Cline I love the 80s. I grew up during them, and so they have a special place in my heart. And, when I can read something that holds the same reverence to my beloved decade, I am super excited. That’s why I was…
Bloggiesta Update
Bloggiesta Update I am updating a few of my goals, despite it not being officially the 21st. My Bloggiesta Update For my Bloggiesta, I am doing the following this week: Cleaning up files on my computer (I am at just under 15 gb of free space on my hard drive–eek!). With a hard push, I am…