Category: Blog
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We Bury the Dead: A Review
We Bury the Dead is a thriller following Ava, who searches for her husband in Tasmania after a catastrophic, American-led military exercise turns residents into the walking dead. “I noticed a pattern with ones like him. The longer they go on, the more agitated they become.” We Bury the Dead! Another movie I saw clips…
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This Is Not a Test – Movie Review
“Maybe the only way our story can end is varying degrees of sad.” If there is one thing I LOVE, it’s zombies. Books, movies, games, if it involves “braaaainnns,” I’m there. It all started when I was little, watching my uncle play Resident Evil. I remember my heart racing; it was so spooky. When I…
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Salt & Broom by Sharon Lynn Fisher: A Review
Salt & Broom by Sharon Lynn Fisher is a witchy, magical retelling of Jane Eyre. It features a gifted healer named Jane Aire who takes a position at Thornfield Hall, a cursed estate with a mysterious and reclusive master, Edward Rochester. Full disclosure: I had no idea this was a retelling of Jane Eyre. I’ve…
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Gut by Giulia Enders
Book review on Gut by Giulia Enders. Did you know that around the beginning of the twentieth century, dermatologists in Germany began calling for people to bathe at least once a week to stay clean and help lower sickness? And yet, it took until the 1950s for families to even start bathing weekly, because they…
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The making of Souille
‘The cold crept down my spine as if it were a snake on its way to attack. It caused a violent shiver to erupt through my bones, rippling into my mind and tearing at what little sanity I had left. When I thought I wouldn’t return to reality, the piercing screech of something unnatural cut…
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Addy and Island of the Blue Dolphins.
Through the weeds and reeds, past swampy ditches with the small, beady eyes of gators, stood a trailer park beside a murky pond filled with dragonflies and turtles. With salt twisting through the Gulf wind, a young girl’s imagination grew wild in the summer. With her fingertips grazing the soft paper of a new book,…
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What Chrysanthemum Taught Me About Being Different
Chrysanthemum I was only a couple of months old when Chrysanthemum came out. Just a bald, cranky baby who didn’t even know she existed. As I grew and learned my name, I realized it was different. So different that sometimes I wondered whether my parents even liked me when they chose it. As a kid,…
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Amour Fati
Attention all! I have a new book coming! Amour Fati! This novel is in the same universe as my other Amour series. Howeve, it is a different character and in first person, instead of third. I took a different approach to this novel and I am very proud about it! Can’t wait for others to…
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Update! New book coming soon!
Okay, I know that I neglect this blog. I should definitely be posting more! Especially if I want to get noticed! But I just wanted to do a little update. First off I am still writing! Things are just a little bit more difficult with my chronic illness. Plus money is tight and I know…
Coushatta LaRue 