by amiemccracken | Jun 26, 2012 | book review, books, reading
I’m very stingy with five-star ratings. That privilege is reserved for those books that really strike a chord with me, the ones where I’m flying through them but at every other sentence or so I have to stop and reread to savor the words. Last year I read...
by amiemccracken | Jun 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Classic literature is an indulgence of mine. I have it in my head that I want to be refined and classy and well-read, so between every few contemporary novels and non-fiction I read classics. This time it was Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift.(I remember as a...
by amiemccracken | Jun 14, 2012 | book review, books
This short story, Hym and Hur by Phillip Frey, is so fun. Hym and Hur are two, well, I suppose you could call them sprites. They don’t age and they like to wreak havoc. In this short story they make a deal with Death and watch as things unfold.The characters are...
by amiemccracken | Jun 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s time for another…original fairy tale!I’m reading Cinderella this month and writing a short story to post next month on July 10th. You are welcome to join in. Just read the original of your favorite fairy tale and then blog about it or write your...
by amiemccracken | Jun 7, 2012 | book review, books, reading, writing
Jessica Bell’s new poetry collection, Fabric, is full of life. It reads like little stories in the lilt and cadence of her tone and voice with raw emotions ranging from anguish to giddyness to satire.I am not a poetry reader, I really wish I were and that I had...
