December Book Haul

DECEMBER BOOK HAUL 💜 I CAN’T WAIT TO READ THESE! 💜 City Of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert Official Summary: Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on…

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I’m Not the Same Person I Used to Be

I was looking through my email the other day when I happened to stumble upon a bizarrely titled one from 2005. It was a friendship quiz my friend from High School had sent me. Looking at my answers to these fifty-two stereotypical, teenage questions had left me seriously confused. This girl liked cookie-dough ice cream…

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Hello, It’s Me Again

I’ve never been very good at keeping New Year’s resolutions, especially ones that concern this blog. For the past few years or so, about three months before the new year begins, I say to myself, “Next year, I’m going to write more.” I even go so far as to set fairly realistic expectations for myself….

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Album Review: Florence + The Machine – High As Hope

“You’ve Always Been My North Star” Even before High As Hope was released, Florence + The Machine fans knew that it would be a turning point for their enchanting, beloved queen. The three singles that were delivered in the months previous to the album’s launch date led us into uncharted territory. Each song felt so…

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BLOGAVERSARY!!! #8

Dear Followers and Friends, I just want to say THANK YOU. THANK YOU for reading, liking, sharing, subscribing, and commenting. THANK YOU for all of the love and support you have given me over the past eight years. It truly means the world to me. You are the best readers a fangirl could ask for….

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TV Rewind: The Originals – “We Have Not Long to Love”

Truth & Consequences As the final season of The Originals winds down – We only have four episodes left. Eek! – things seem to be hitting a breaking point. All the pieces seem to be coming together, but we still have a long way to go. With Hope struggling with the malevolent magic inside her,…

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Florence + The Machine “Big God”

“You’ll Always Be My Favorite Ghost” We’re only a few days away from the release of High As Hope, but Florence + The Machine continue to surprise. Florence has graciously gifted us another miraculous single to obsess over. Big God is unlike anything Florence has ever created before. It’s so different from what we’re used…

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TV Rewind: The Originals – “The Kindness of Strangers”

Group Therapy So, how are you feeling? How are you holding up after what happened last week? I mean, I feel okay. The episode was pretty good. We got to see Rebekah and Kol. Elijah got his memories back and the Mikaelson family can now be in the same room with each other without the…

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Trailer Talk: A Star Is Born (2018)

In 1937, A Star Is Born premiered with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March in the roles Esther Blodgett and Norman Maine. The story detailed the tragic journey of two Hollywood darlings, one whose career was just beginning and the other whose stardom was fading. In 1954, Judy Garland and James Mason took over, yielding what…

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TV Rewind: The Originals – “What, Will, I, Have, Left”

Blame It On Mama Wow. Okay. That was a major character death. I totally didn’t see that coming. Did you? Like, should we have a moment of silence or something? I mean, she was the cornerstone of the series. The whole initial premise of The Originals revolved around [SPOILER]. Sure, she and I never really…

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Flash Fiction #1: Cosmic Love

Flash fiction by definition means, “fiction that is extremely brief, typically only a few hundred words or fewer in its entirety.” There is something very intriguing about this. It’s a challenge. It’s the ultimate test for a writer, to make your reader feel something, learn something, or picture something in their mind, in as few…

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