It’s no secret that I love me some snark, with a side of sarcasm and maybe a hint of delicious banter. Nothing will convince me to read a book faster. And I don’t mean the bratty sort of sarcasm that comes naturally to children and teenagers. I mean the fine-tuned, sharpened, honed sort of wit […]
It’s time for a blast from the past! But, you know, in that really dorky way that only bookdragons can pull off. Because we’ve got to be good at something, and clearly this whole people thing isn’t working out, and it’s not looking great for having realistic expectations, either. Remember when you were young and […]
The best thing about reading fantasy: adorable, cuddly, potentially fatal beasts! Growing up, I was that nerdy little kid who wanted to be Newt Scamander, because what could possibly be better than getting to travel the world documenting and interacting with magical beasts?! Is that not the life? Oh, sure, they’re dangerous, but isn’t everything […]
We all know the book is always better than the movie. But the movie has beloved actors and pretty pictures and mood music and … popcorn. I mean, let’s be honest, a lot of us are just in it for the popcorn, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Theater popcorn is delicious. Besides, when’s the […]
Every now and then, you find a book where the author clearly used you as inspiration for one of the characters. Not sure exactly how, since you’re pretty sure you’ve never met. Maybe they’re stalking you. Maybe they’re in your interwebs, spying through your webcam. MAYBE THEY’RE IN YOUR BRAIN! dop·pel·gäng·er/ˈdäpəlˌɡaNGər/nounan apparition or double of […]
The greatest thing about books: words! All the best words. It’s kind of hard to have one without the other. That’s just sort of how it works. Or so I’m told. The best books stay with you long after you’ve finished them and have been rudely ejected from their world and callously dumped back into […]
You know, they say it’s good to look back and learn from your mistakes, but … eish. The Writerly Way is over a year old now. Nearly a year and a half, even. Which means … there are a lot of things to look back on, and an equal number of mistakes made. I like […]
Fact #1: I’m very much a mood reader.Fact #2: Not all rain is created equal. On the surface, this prompt seems perfect for me, because yay, mood reading! But … what exactly does rain mean? I live in Tornado Alley, so rain for me means thunderstorms more often than not. And hail means tornado. Just, […]
The most memorable characters for me are the outrageous ones. You know who they are: the characters who are so ridiculous or so out there or so extra that they force you to love them. They’re so over the top, and I love every single minute of it. I don’t always like these characters, but […]
I am a terribly predictable book dragon. Sure, I like to read a little bit of everything, but wave one of these tropes under my nose, and I’m hooked every single time. We all have them. The Pentatonix of the literary world. The bacon of the bookshelf. You know, those things you find absolutely irresistible […]