Daily Writing Prompt 2

What makes me happy… *the hamster of my brain begins to run on its wheel*… Those moments of happiness are usually associated with a view, or what someone says or the look on their face when something happens. Like when I’ve traveled with my husband and there’s a moment when I’m just hit with a […]

Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire

It’s time for the Triwizard Tournament! My husband and I continued our journey of Harry Potter and his friends into the fourth installment, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. If you’re not familiar with Harry Potter, this is the one where Hogwarts hosts the Triwizard Tournament, which is where other wizarding schools are invited […]

The Emperor of Ocean Park

I thought I would try a book that was outside my typical genre and point of view. The Emperor of Ocean Park is about familial intrigue, questioning the character of a parent where the relationship was already imperfect, and all the while trying to hold your own personal life together. I don’t normally read political, […]

The Brothers Karamazov

I participated in an online book course earlier in the year that was led by a pastor I follow on social media. Brian Zahnd is a theologian, leads travel groups to the Middle East where you can learn on-site Biblical history, and loves to read. He has an obsession with Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov. Besides […]

Nick

I wanted to read something shorter and hop off the series train, so I read Nick. Nick is a prelude to The Great Gatsby, exploring the time Nick Carraway spent toward the end of his tour in France during WWI to when he went to New Orleans to escape the monotony of home, leading up […]

Daily Writing Prompt

Growing up, I was fortunate to be raised in a home that encouraged my siblings to try different hobbies. My older sister was dance and sports, my younger brother was everything sports, I was the creative… and sports, ha-ha. I also grew up in church. For a lutheran church, we were deep in the prophetic, […]

The Wild Rose

One more book to go for this trilogy. The Wild Rose focuses on Seamie, Fiona’s little brother, who isn’t little anymore. Time has passed since [Spoiler] Seamie and Willa have climbed Kilimanjaro, leaving their love shattered… like Willa’s leg. Back in London, time becomes a precious thing. World War I is approaching fast, leaving politics […]

The Winter Rose

Onto book two. Ah, the bad boy and the good girl trope. Love it, all for it. India Selwyn-Jones just graduated from medical school and wants to open a women’s clinic in the East London neighborhood. Sid Malone leads the underground of East London with a Robin Hood sort of technique. A run in with […]

The Tea Rose

I started another series. This time it was only a trilogy. Fiona Finnegan is a stubborn dreamer of a dock worker’s daughter living in London right before turn into 20th century. Fiona may not be living in even middle class terms, but it’s a good life with a loving family and adoring… the author doesn’t […]

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Another Harry Potter book completed. My husband and I continue our quest to read the Harry Potter books, finishing The Prisoner of Azkaban. We were pretty proud of ourselves because now that we’ve finished, we’re basically at the halfway mark. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are back at Hogwarts for their third year with a new […]