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Peaky Blinders season 5 + World Series

I finished watching the last episode of season five of Peaky Blinders the other day. I've watched all the seasons, but I don't remember much of season four--probably should've rewatched it beforehand--but I didn't. So I started the season kind of confused. Peaky Blinders is about a 1920s English crime family. Tommy Shelby is the second brother in the Shelby family and their leader. His brothers

Hey, whatcha reading? 3

Hey everyone, it's time for October's Hey, Whatcha Reading? This month, I asked my friend Krystal Jane Ruin what she's been reading in October. 1. What book(s) are you currently reading? The main reads are The Fireman by Joe Hill (2017, William Morrow), which I think is an adult dystopian thriller, and I’m also reading through the Manga Classics version of Dracula, (by Stacy King,

POVs

I'm sure I've blogged about POV characters before somewhere on this blog, but hey! This thing's been around for ten years, so who even knows anymore? Anyway, my friend Krystal mentioned in her post this week about POVs in a story. And just last week, I was talking about the Outlander books with my friends and how I didn't like book eight because there were so many POV characters (8 of them, I

How Library School Has Taught Me To Research Better

Last semester, I was in a required class called Information Sources and Services, which was intended to introduce us library school newbies into the theory, framework, and principles of reference services in a library setting. There are many different types of jobs in libraries and information science, but obvi, reference services are a big part of the patron-facing part. Anyway, I went into

Downton Abbey: The Movie

Like I was going to see the Downton Abbey movie and not say anything about it on this blog? I saw the movie last night. I don't want to put spoilers out there, but it takes place in 1927, so about a year and a half after the series ended. The King and Queen (George V and Queen Mary) are on a royal tour of Yorkshire and say they'll stay at Downton Abbey for a night, which means they require a

Hey, whatcha reading? 2

This month, I've asked my friend Jessica about what she's reading. 1. What book(s) are you currently reading? Currently, I'm reading Her Perfect Affair by Priscilla Oliveras (2018, Zebra Shout) which is the second book in the Matched to Perfection series. 2. How far along in the book are you? I'm towards the end since I feel a resolution coming on. My Kindle says I'm at 82%. 3. What is

A Gingerbread Romance by Lacey Baker Book Tour

A GINGERBREAD ROMANCE BY LACEY BAKER As an architect, she designs beautiful buildings… But will her heart ever find a place to call home? Taylor’s architectural firm enters her in a contest to build life-sized gingerbread houses. After the contest, she’s likely to get a promotion to a position in another city. But it’s a team competition, and Taylor’s temperamental partner soon backs out.

Garden of Ravens by Krystal Jane Ruin: An Interview

Today, we have a guest on the blog---Krystal Jane Ruin, author of the poetry collection Garden of Ravens. Look at that cover! Krystal is, of course, a dear writing friend and frequent visitor of this blog.  1. How long have you been writing poetry and what made you decide to take that poetry put it into a collection?The oldest poems I have are from when I was around eleven. It’s

Hadestown

Hadestown was this year's Best Original Musical Tony winner--and thirty minutes after it won all of its Tonys, my friends and I were coordinating schedules and ticket prices to Hadestown. At any rate, it's a really original musical--in musical style, in the combining of two Greek myths, in staging. I can't say I've ever seen anything like it. And it's really thought-provoking. I'm liking this

2019 reading challenge

Um.... So normally, I like to do these posts in increments of 10 or 5. But I had finished reading ten books (half of my reading goal) by the end of July and August ended yesterday. It turns out I read and/or finished 5 books in August. Which is a lot of books, when my average is about 3 books per month, if I'm reading full-out. I'm close to finishing another book today as well, but we'll leave