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Title: BuriedAuthor: Jeffery DeaverGenre: Murder MysteryBook Length: Short StoryFormat Read: eBookYear Published: July 30, 2020 Date Started: October 28, 2025Date finished: October 29, 2025 Edward Fitzhugh (aka Fitz) is an old-school reporter with a passion for words and grammar. When a serial killer known as the Gravedigger begins terrorizing the city, Fitz is on the... Continue Reading →
Title: Klara and the SunAuthor: Kazuo IshiguroGenre: Sci-fi; DystopianBook Length: 320 PagesFormat Read: eBookYear Published: March 1, 2022 Date Started: November 12, 2025Date finished: November 18, 2025 My daughter read this book in her English IB course and recommended I read it because she knows how much I enjoy sci-fi and dystopian stories. She was... Continue Reading →
In 2021, my husband, youngest daughter, and I went chasing the northern lights in Wyoming. It was a four hour drive where we stayed in a hotel in hopes we could get a glimpse of these ethereal flames. However, it was cloudy that night so we didn't get to see anything. Last night, the northern... Continue Reading →
For Halloween, I was the only one home, so I thought it would be fun to dress up to hand out candy. I was surprised at how many kids said they liked my costume.
My second daughter graduated from high school this past May. It was hard to think about it because I didn't expect this time to come so soon. When my first daughter graduated in 2020, it was during COVID, so only a limited amount of guests could attend. With this one, it was packed. The graduation... Continue Reading →
********** Listening to: "The Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett
Daily writing promptYou have three magic genie wishes, what are you asking for?View all responses 1. Good health. We forget how important good health is. Sometimes, it's by our own doing, but sometimes, we are just born with an illness. To be free from pain and suffering and get to enjoy the wonderfulness of life... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptDescribe a family member.View all responses She's someone who's always happy to see me. She'll sit near me at the dining table when I'm eating, she'll sit next to me on the couch when I'm watching T.V., and she'll sit next to me in the office while I'm working. When she was younger,... Continue Reading →
Title: The Enternal Pact of the Obsidian LullabyAuthor: Ahmed Mohammad AlsallumGenre: High FantasyBook Length: NovelFormat Read: ePubYear Published: September 2, 2025 Date Started: September 5, 2025Date finished: September 21, 2025 In this novel, a young boy named Eldric Thornshade is the chosen one and must stop evil from corrupting their world. This story is a... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWhat major historical events do you remember?View all responses There are quite a few major events I remember, but for this writing, I’m going to focus on the first one I lived through. I was 23 years old attending my fifth year of college and working full-time for a company called Mecon, Inc.... Continue Reading →
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