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 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...
by amiemccracken | May 24, 2012 | book review, books, reading, writing
This isn’t so much a book review as it is my rambling thoughts. I probably should have typed it up right after finishing the book because at that point I was broiling with emotions. I wanted to let it settle, but I’ve waited too long. I want to discuss a...
by amiemccracken | May 10, 2012 | book review, books, reading
Night of the Purple Moon by Scott Cramer is a young adult post-apocalyptic science fiction. A comet’s dust turns the sky purple, and space germs kill everyone who is past puberty. The world is left with a few scientists who were quarantined, and thousands of...
by amiemccracken | May 3, 2012 | book review, books, reading
The Light and Fallen by Anna White is a young adult paranormal romance about angels and high school and lost things. Lucius is an angel who is sent to earth to find a lost key, and he ends up in a seventeen-year-old body. He meets Samara and is instantly drawn to her....
by amiemccracken | Apr 26, 2012 | book review, books, reading, writing
You Are a Writer by Jeff Goins is not just another book for writers. It’s one that mixes practical steps, wit, and honesty all into one big bowl and then bakes it for you. It’s about how to be a writer for the love of it and get yourself out there; not in...
