You’re doing the #GoodReads Reading Challenge ALL WRONG. Before I get into my personal GoodReads 2016 Challenge, lemme step back a pace and explain a revelation I had in putting this piece together. See, I started to call this something like, You’re Doing the GoodReads Challenge All Wrong, Stupid-Faces. — although I might have changed […]
Happy Banned Books Week!
Happy Banned Books Week! I don’t think I will ever get over the horror I felt when I first learned that people actually burned books. Or that books are denied to people depending upon geographic location. Or that the freedom to write words is still denied to many people in 2015. Celebrating the Freedom to […]
B is for Books #HappinessProject #AtoZChallenge
My Happiness Project: B is for Books The A to Z Challenge means posting every day in April except Sundays, which leaves exactly 26 days – one day for each of the 26 letters of the alphabet. See my Great and Powerful Theme Reveal – My Happiness Project – for a full list of the posts, […]
I am not Doing THAT Reading Challenge
I am not Doing THAT Reading Challenge There has been some buzz recently about a particular Reading Challenge in which participants are encouraged to stop reading, for an entire year, books written by White Men. {It’s actually called “I Challenge You to Stop Reading White, Straight, Cis Male Authors for One Year” but that’s too long for […]
My Planet Swiftly Tilted
I had this moment of panic a couple nights ago. I couldn’t remember the name of a very common, pretty classic book for young adults. It’s one we all know. But for the life of me, I could only remember the author {Madeleine L’Engle}, and the less well-known sequel, A Swiftly Tilting Planet. On a […]
What’s Up Wenzday – Thanksgiving 2012 Edition
WHAT’S UP WENZDAY POINT #1: A NOTE OF CLARIFICATION — I was asked how I am able to come up with blog posts every day, and how I come up with topics. I had to set the record straight here — the savvy reader will notice I certainly do NOT post every day. I do […]
What’s Up Wenzday 10/24/12
#ROW80 peeps, you are welcome to scroll down to Point #3. WHAT’S UP WENZDAY POINT #1: A NOTE OF CLARIFICATION — I have received some really interesting feedback on my bloggy-blog of late. And it really makes me cry. The GOOD cry. The ones where there are grateful tears because people are just […]