Be Kind Please Rewind: August

Segway-  My family and I did a sunset segway tour.  It wound up being only us since the other group didn’t show, which was super fun.  And we learned some new facts about Cincinnati.  The best part though was doing the labyrinth maze on segways. It probably is a miracle that someone didn’t die. Organizing – Since I’m planning …

Recently Reread: The Elite

The Eliet by Kira Cass| website| twitter| instagram| Publisher/Year:  HarperTeen | April 23, 2013 Pages: 336 Audiobook Publisher/Year: Harper Audio | April 23, 2013 Read By: Amy Rubinate Time: 7 Hours and 42 Minutes Series: The Selection book 2 of 5 Genre:  YA Dystopia/Romance Format: Audiobook Source: Overdrive through Cincinnati Library Amazon | Goodreads What …

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The Writer’s Journey: Wandering

So I’m coming up on my one year anniversary of blogging.  My writer’s journey has been a long one to get to this point.  This is by far the best I’ve ever done with keeping a blog going, and I’m feeling good about keeping it for a long time to come.  But it took several …

Writers and their Writing: J.K. Rowling

Somehow Harry Potter flew under the radar for me until College.  I remember seeing the first one for sale in a store when I was a kid. I even remember all the hoopla when the movies released.  I think the real reason I didn’t latch on was I didn’t know anyone geeking out about them until …

Check the Shelf Review: Looking Glass Wars

Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor| website | facebook | twitter | Publisher/Year: Dial Books | September 1st, 2004 Pages: 364 Read by: Gerard Doyle Audiobook Publisher/Year:  Scholastic Audio | March 21, 2007 Time:  8 hours 41 minutes Series: The Looking Glass Wars Book 1 Genre: Fantasy, Retelling, Format: Audiobook Source: Overdrive through Cincinnati Library …

Story Starters

Use these prompts for writing inspiration.  For an extra challenge, us all of them in one story. First Line: The first person I murdered was the person that taught me how. Story Idea: You see a man finish a 3D chalk drawing and joking with your friends go to jump into it.  On doing so …

Check the Shelf Book Review: The Young Elites

The Young Elites  by Marie Lu | website | facebook | twitter | Publisher/Year:  G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers | October 7, 2014 Pages: 368 Audiobook Publisher/Year: Listening Library | October 7, 2014 Read by Caria Corvo and Lannon Killea Time: 10 Hours and 9 minutes Series: The Young Elites Book 1 Genre: …

Be Kind Please Rewind: July

Crazy Dash-  So this is an internet based program that has you run all over a city doing crazy things scavenger hunt style.  We obviously were in Cincinnati and had a blast dragging my cousin around as part of her high school graduation present.  After two hours in downtown, we went for pedi’s, which was …