When I signed up to be a subject in a research study about how food is related to brain activity, I just thought it’d be an interesting way for 15-year-old me to make some quick money. I didn’t know I was signing up for a longitudinal study, that I wouldn’t be done with the whole…
Let’s talk about August. August was my best month overall, traffic-wise. Note, however, that all that traffic was concentrated in the first half of the month. A single post–one from pretty deep in the archives, too–is the culprit. Feminist Friday: The Problem With The Manic Pixie Dream Girl started blowing up. It may or may…
In case you didn’t know you were in Canada, there’s a maple leaf on the door. Thank goodness. Taken in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. For more doors from all over the world, check out Norm’s Thursday Doors linkup.
What it is: Order of Seven by Beth Teliho is a young adult novel that combines supernatural and realistic elements to tell the story of Devi Bennett, who must discover her roots to figure out a family secret. What I liked about it: Teliho’s writing is excellent, and she draws the reader in with a voice that feels human but still…
Back when I was doing my Vancouver travel series, I wrote a post called The 10 Best Things About Vancouver. The final post has nice headings, brief written explanations, and multiple photo galleries. The prewrite version? Well. Here it is: an inside look into my writing and thought processes. 1. The architecture. Urban decay, blah. 2.…
Maybe this would belong better in a “Thursday Doorways” linkup, but that doesn’t exist (yet). This teeny play area just really warmed my heart, and I could imagine kids spinning that wheel and feeling like real pirates and ship captains. Ah, to be young again. Taken on Granville Island in Vancouver, British Columbia. For more doors…
What it is: Blue is the Warmest Color by Julie Maroh is the story of Clementine, a high school student, and Emma, a college student, who begin a romantic/sexual relationship. Emma guides Clementine to understand and come to terms with her sexuality, but ultimately tragedy tears the two apart. What I liked about it: The art is fantastic. I have…
This probably isn’t the world’s smallest balcony, but it’s so unamenable that it almost makes the door look like one of those trick doors that lead nowhere. Add that to the ladder that leads nowhere either and you’ve got an overall strange alleyway. Taken in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. For more doors from all over…
1. Lemony Snicket/Daniel Handler (14 books) I’ve read the entire 13-book Series of Unfortunate Events, plus Why We Broke Up. 2. Andrew Clements (9 books) One of my favorites in my early novel-reading days. I’ve read Frindle, the Landry News, The Janitor’s Boy, The School Story, A Week in the Woods, The Report Card, The…
A fake flower in a cemetery seems strange, but that’s what I found beneath my feet.
Victim to Charm 