Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl became an obsession for me. I don’t even remember how I happened on the book, but I do remember that it’s been a very long time since I’ve been able to pick up a book and just read. That little red pen in my brain doesn’t meander out and interfere when I’m reading a Flynn novel. I hope she’s writing more as I’ve devoured Dark Places and am presently relishing Sharp Objects. (more…)
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Billy Goats Gruff
Posted: 3 in freebies, poetry, proseTags: bloggers, church, comments, conflict, copyright, fun, get a rise, hullabaloo, interact, laugh, opinion, poem, prose, react, state, stupid, thought, Three Billy Goats Gruff, trolls, write
English: The White House 2003 Christmas decoration using the theme Three Billy Goats Gruff from a famous traditional fairy tale of Norwegian origin. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I hide behind my computer screen
Trolling people’s blogs.
I often stop and click the comment button
Espousing my own thoughts
Usually when those conflict with the author’s
Or the stupid opinions by others. (more…)
Kathie Leung - author 
Call Me Augustus Blook
Posted: 29 in other authors, reading, tbrTags: A Girl Could Stand Up, Alison McGhee, Amanda Eyre Ward, Augustus Gloop, author, comments, conflict, Dani Shapiro, Family History, Greg Iles, Harlan Coben, How To Be Lost, Jack Reacher, Jeanette Walls, Lee Child, Leslie Marshall, literary, literary fiction, mystery, Oprah's book club, Patricia Cornwell, Picturing the Wreck, Sandra Brown, Shadow Baby, Sleep Toward Heaven, summer reading, suspense, The Glass Castle, thriller, Was It Beautiful?
Books Instead of Candy & I’m a Regular Augustus Gloop
It’s officially summer and you know what? I’ve got nothing for a reading list to fill the long, hot (dreadfully so, especially since our A/C is out and we can’t afford to fix it) summer days and sultry summer nights. (more…)
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