After slogging through two books in this shitty fucking series, my thought process regarding it has pretty much been reduced to crazed, maniacal laughter. But I am going to try to use my words, just for you, dear readers. Just. For. You. The Book: The Scorch Trials by James Dashner Genre: YA, scifi, second in a series First… Continue reading I Read It First: The Scorch Trials
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Drunk Movie Monday – Teen Beach Movie
Okay, true facts: I actually watched this movie sober, and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a fun, self-aware commentary on the wacky hi-jinks of 50s-nostalgia teen movies (some of which I have drunkenly recommended before), and it is, frankly, delightful. But I am absolutely sure that watching it drunk would make it EVEN BETTER. Though, really,… Continue reading Drunk Movie Monday – Teen Beach Movie
A Fictional Interlude
Hello! I have not been an inspired blogger lately. The flip side of this is that I have been a very inspired writer. These things seem to see-saw with one another. In light of this, instead of writing a blog post this week, I'm going to post a tiny fiction tidbit I found in an… Continue reading A Fictional Interlude
I Read It First: Me Before You
I'm not really sure how to talk about this book without also delving into an enormous can of worms about disability and death with dignity laws and both of those things as they relate to blatant tear-jerker literature, but here we are anyway, so I guess here we go. The Book: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes… Continue reading I Read It First: Me Before You
Podcast Roundup
The struggle to keep a clean house is one most people know well. It's not that cleaning is hard, so much as that it's boring. What are you suppose to do with your brain while your hands are working? You can try to watch a TV show, but ultimately that's too distracting to get much done. What… Continue reading Podcast Roundup