Books, movies, and writing. You know, the good stuff.
(actual footage of me: above) So ... I know I'm not alone in finding the COVID-19 quarantine a singularly frustrating experience. Yes, I fully acknowledge: I have been lucky. Yes, I am home safe with my family. We've all stayed healthy so far. Yes, I still have work, and I'm still earning money to pay my... Continue Reading →
Greetings and salutations, fellow Worms of Books. (Was that too weird?? Sowwyyyy.) This is a post about my #reading #life of #late, and maybe, I don't know--maybe it'll come across a little too harsh. I hope not. But here we go anyway. It's now March, so we're three months into 2020. I've read fourteen books... Continue Reading →
Ever heard of a Book Aunt? If you haven't, it's all right. 😉 I doubt many people DO know that term, given it was coined by Wyn Owens and myself deep within the privacy of our midnight text-chain rambles. #we're crazy #and we know it Basically, a Book Aunt is an alpha reader, but like... Continue Reading →
Hullo, lovelies! It is I, your friendly neighborhood historian-turned-feminist-turned-novelist, and I'm here once again to talk about strong female characters. Stop me if you've heard the following complaint before: People will be looking at the MCU movies, the new Star Wars trilogy, or what have you. They'll notice (quite accurately) a much higher percentage of... Continue Reading →
Okay, so we've established that I love tags; and we've further established that I can never resist a good writing tag. My sweet friend Eva-Joy @Coffee, Classics, and Craziness very thoughtfully included me in this one, and I can't wait to share my answers! So, without further ado: Never have I ever . . .... Continue Reading →
*peace signs* Whaddup. Recently, I read a post about the fantasy genre suffering from "required reading syndrome," a certain snobbishness in assuming the fantasy books YOU LOVE are the most important, and that anyone who wants to venture into fantasy must assuredly try (and love) THOSE BOOKS first. How certain books / authors have ascended,... Continue Reading →
*nostalgia mood music* You guys remember Reading Rainbow, right? Like any respectable '90s kid, I have a huge soft spot for that show. I idolized LeVar Burton, or--excuse me--"the Reading Rainbow man," as he was known in our household. So when Rachel @Hamlette's Soliloquy and Quiggy @The Midnite Drive-In announced the Beyond Star Trek Blogathon,... Continue Reading →
"My son, you are here with me always, and everything I have is yours. But now we must celebrate, for this brother of yours who was dead, is alive again; he was lost, and is found." (Luke 15:31-32) So I've never done this before, structured a blog post around a Bible verse. But it's a... Continue Reading →
What is UP, everyone!!! It's me, it's Charles Baker Harris (well, duh), and it's the end of another year and it's time for The Smashing and Dashing 2019 Character Awards, founded by the brilliant Cait @Paper Fury. The rules are simple: just answer the 15 questions below, using characters from books you read in 2019. ... Continue Reading →
