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TBR / To Be Read…

Originally posted on shortisokay:
“Look what I found! “ “It’s so many! “I exclaimed. “How will I do it? ” I wondered. “What was that time, when I thought I can read” I pondered. “Dusty it might look, Curiosity, so I booked. Tempting to the nerves of knowledge, Exciting my pleasure of awareness! Rossy Red,…

Some doggerel about to-be-read lists

Originally posted on SaylingAway:
In response to the challenge by D. Wallace Peach to write a poem or story about your e-book TBR list, or in my case pile, (see: https://mythsofthemirror.com/2022/01/...). Here is my contribution, over which I labored for at least five minutes. My TBR pile, it seems, Is taking over my dreams. Last…

Writing Challenge – The TBR Pile

I don’t know anyone who owns a Kindle (or other ebook reader) and isn’t buried in books. We groan as we add more to the stack… then laugh about it and buy more! That’s my situation anyway. I thought it would be fun to start 2022 with a writing challenge: Write a story or poem […]

December Book Reviews

Happy New Year! I wish you much happiness, good health, and amazing books! My Goodreads goal was 100 books in 2021 and I read 102, many of them yours! The covers are below my reviews. They bring back so many great memories. Enjoy! December book reviews include my 4 and 5 star reads of magical realism, […]

The Terrible Christmas Poetry Contest Reunion!

Chelsea Owens – a wonderfully entertaining blogger – used to run a weekly Terrible Poetry Contest that was laugh-out-loud funny. The competition is sadly defunct, but she’s hosting a reunion! The prompt for the reunion is a Christmas Song Parody. It must be Terrible and it must Rhyme. Stop by Chelsea’s to get the details […]

Solstice: #Tanka Tuesday

Solstice Winter dawns, heralded by dreary skies and the sun’s retreat. Wind-whipped rain blusters, casting free the remnants of autumn’s crinkled leaves. Woodland creatures burrow into the roots of things, latent, enduring, and twinkling colors gleam in frost-rimmed windows, a warm false-light to see us through the darkness. Oh, do not despair during these days […]

Mountain Laurel Christmas: Interview and Book Tour

I’m delighted to host Jan Sikes today with her new novelette: Mountain Laurel Christmas. I reviewed it Here if you want to find out what I thought of it (highly recommended). I’ve read a number of Jan’s short stories and novelettes and was curious about her choice to focus on short fiction versus full-length novels. […]

November Book Reviews

My reading is way off this month due to NaNoWriMo, but I finished the first draft of my WIP, and I’m happy about that. I still have four wonderful books for you! November book reviews include my 4 and 5 star reads of 19th century romance, Christmas romance, a Christmas novellette about family love. And for […]

Eclipsed

Gabriela Marie Milton, poet and author of the best-selling book Woman: Splendor and Sorrow, hosted a poetry competition that concluded a few days ago. She challenged us to write a poem inspired by one from her book. I chose her poem “The Moon and I” and wrote about the phases of a woman’s life: child, […]

The Moon That I Made

Originally posted on House of Heart:
Bone white as driftwood, I stand sturdy as the currents. The waves rush to shore, collect against sugar mounds then fall lacy back to the sea. The ribbony pink sand diffuses light to a soft ecru that coaxes abalone and urchin shell to an ambient glow. Soon the tide…