The short: 3.5/5 ✦. This book is another sassy romp through Camp Half-Blood, this time with the egomaniacal Apollo, spectacular god now turned spotty human.
Month: March 2017
Flash Fiction: The Lab
“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Book Review: ‘Tales of the Peculiar’ (2016)
The short: 4/5 ✦. A simply beautiful book with incredible, Grimm-inspired stories about the Peculiar world.
Short Story: Siblings
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
— Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
Book Review: ‘The Fever Code’ (2016)
The short: 2.5 ✦. Best enjoyed by fans of The Maze Runner series. Restrictions apply. Results may vary.
Flash Fiction: Our Song
“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.”
― Victor Hugo
Book Review: ‘The Hammer of Thor’ (2016)
The short: 4/5 ✦. A solidly fun and uniquely diverse sequel in Riordan’s action-packed Norse mythology trilogy.
Editing: Word Count in MS Word and Google Docs
Finding the word count for your document seems unimportant . . . until you actually need it.
Flash Fiction: The Collection
“Whether you’re beaten or pampered, fed the best foods or starved, kept in filth or kept clean, a cage is still a cage.”
— Anne Bishop, Written in Red
Book Review: ‘The Obelisk Gate’ (2016)
The short: 4/5 ✦. A stunning novel of complex character motivations, unspeakable injustice, and magic statues, only just falling short of its predecessor.
