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Daily writing promptHow do you express your gratitude?View all responses Showing gratitude is always difficult for me. I'm not really good with words (even though I'm a writer!). I'm the kind that's always to-the-point, so a simple "Thank you," is probably what I'll say, but it makes me feel guilty. I'm always left thinking I... Continue Reading →
Title: Second ShiftAuthor: KitAndersonGenre: Sci-fiBook Length: Graphic Novel; 160 PagesFormat Read: PDFYear Published: June 26, 2025 Date Started: May 29, 2025Date finished: May 30, 2025 This is a story about Birdie Doran, a scientist at an outpost. She has a holographic system available to her to keep her busy during downtime. There are two humans... Continue Reading →
Title: The Ruins in Which We BleedAuthor: Steve N. LeeGenre: Historical Fiction, Young AdultBook Length: NovelFormat Read: ePubYear Published: June 12, 2025 Date Started: May 31, 2025Date finished: June 5, 2025 This story follows a sixteen-year-old girl named Helena as she and her family fight to survive in war-torn Poland. Helena is an intelligent and... Continue Reading →
Title: 2028 Tomorrow is the DayAuthor: L.R. O’BrienGenre: Sci-fiBook Length: 214 PagesFormat Read: PDFYear Published: October 11, 2024 Date Started: April 17, 2025Date finished: April 24, 2025 The story begins in the Artic, where an Inuit man finds an artifact that allowed an AI alien—who calls himself Jordan Taylor—entry and began planning his ultimate control... Continue Reading →
Title: Standing Up: Making the Best Out of Surviving the WorstAuthor: Mary L. DevineGenre: Fiction, Domestic ViolenceBook Length: 272 PagesFormat Read: PaperbackYear Published: May 6, 2025 Date Started: March 7, 2025Date finished: March 25, 2025 This story is about a woman named Mary Sweeny who marries a man who turns out to be physically abusive.... Continue Reading →
Title: Make Love Great AgainAuthor: Brian MichelsGenre: LiteraryBook Length: NovelFormat Read: PaperbackYear Published: 2025 Date Started: March 26, 2025Date finished: April 17, 2025 This story is about the relationship between Julie and Rick, a couple who met once years earlier and then lost touch. When they meet again, sparks fly, and they quickly get married.... Continue Reading →
Title: House of DetentionAuthor: Jean EndeGenre: LiteraryBook Length: 368 PagesFormat Read: PaperbackYear Published: April 1, 2025 Date Started: April 4, 2025Date finished: April 10, 2025 This story is about the Rosen family, a Jewish close-knit family from Poland living in America after WWII. They lived in an upper middle-class community in the Bronx where they... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptDescribe a random encounter with a stranger that stuck out positively to you.View all responses When I was in college and working at another college part-time as an evening receptionist, a student whom I hadn't seen before came up to the counter and asked, "Are you a native?" His hair was split down... Continue Reading →
Title: YankeelandAuthor: Lacy FewerGenre: Historical FictionBook Length: 303 PagesFormat Read: PaperbackYear Published: March 25, 2025 Date Started: March 2, 2025Date finished: April 3, 2025 Life was hard in Ireland, with no jobs and no hope for success, so Brigid and her husband, Ben, decided to make a new life in America. Leaving their extended family... Continue Reading →
Title: Confessions (Johnny Walker Novels Book 1)Author: Ralph GriffithGenre: Detective ThrillerBook Length: 280 PagesFormat Read: PDFYear Published: September 3, 2017 Date Started: February 26, 2025Date finished: March 1, 2025 In this gripping story, Detective Johnny Walker is assigned to a case where tracking the murderer is truly a mystery. It all started when the wrong... Continue Reading →
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