The Wedding – Final Part / Part Five

I looked up from my hands telling myself I was hearing things. My make-up smudged and smeared on my face because of tears. I found a face that I hadn’t seen in years. Here was my movie scene. I blinked, making sure it was real. The familiar boy sat in a blood red mustang convertible …

The Wedding – Part Four

It was Junior year and only three weeks had passed for the first semester. I had been walking along the walkway to my dorm room when I found an ID card with a picture of a boy. He had black messy hair and what looked like brown eyes, but I couldn’t tell with just a …

Book Tracking Apps

You might be like me and love tracking your books in a digital setting and did you know there is SO many more apps you can use other than Goodreads? I have had Goodreads since I think it started and apps were a thing, but now I feel like it has become too much in …

The Wedding – Part Three

That night I wore a black wrap dress with short sleeves, a low sweetheart neckline, and the skirt stopped right past my knees. The restaurant was fancier than I was used to and the food was to die for. Everything was… perfect. We were almost done eating when he started fiddling with something in his …

Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis

Rachel Hollis delivers a "shame-free plan for embracing and achieving your goals" for women of from all different backgrounds - moms to corporate leaders. She hits on three main parts in her book: Excuses, Behaviors, and Skills. She goes through multiple chapters for each one, focusing on one specific excuse, behavior, or skill per chapter …

The Wedding – Part Two

“I am so sorry! I didn’t mean to bump into you…” I trailed off to find myself looking up at a familiar handsome blonde haired, blue eyed boy. “It’s okay! How have you been? You back from college for the summer?” he asked me like we were old friends. Then it hit me--he was my …

Mini Series – The Wedding – Part One

Author Note: This is a short story I wrote back in high school. I have done some editing but I kept it as close to my original story as possible. Enjoy my writing from 2005! The day arrived, finally. I stood in front of the mirror, examining everything from the hair,  to the make-up, and …

Graceling by Kristin Cashore – An In-depth Review

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/cbf88a4c-0b4f-4807-a095-311045f2aae2 Today I am in-depth/spoiler dissecting one of my favorite fantasy novels in a great series called Graceling. It was published in 2008 by Kristin Cashore and follows the adventure of a graceling named Katsa and the prince she meets along the way. So a graceling is someone who is born with un-human-like abilities and …

YA Contemporary – AshleyDannie’s Review of Recommendations

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/455a2a96-4231-4c7a-a6a9-dee64e20daa0 We are going to talk about these 7 elements for the 4 mini library recommendations I gave you at the beginning of Jan.  Just to remind you I recommended:  The Summer I Turned Pretty series  This Lullaby The Truth About Forever Paper Towns Because we are doing this for all four of them - …

Episode 4 – Science Fiction Show Notes

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/e65685c8-26bf-4a2f-8b38-93d50ece5c08 Episode 4 Today I want to talk about Science Fiction. “YA sci-fi explores brilliant “what if” questions in both familiar yet brilliantly altered places and worlds utterly different from our own.” - (goodreads)  Genre or mode of speculative literature targeted at young audiences which focuses on issues related to technological, scientific and futuristic theorization …