January took about eight million years to be over. Seriously. How has this month gone on so incredibly long? I swear, I’ve gained eight years since this month started. But anyway, it’s done now, and it’s time for a wrap up! Books I Read: Happyland: A Fairy Tale in Two Parts by Tes Mekonnen 4/5 This… Continue reading January 2018 in Review & February Plans
Would you like to court me to Happyland?” Prince Gobbledygook asks Lily Marshmallow and himself. Therein the journey begins to find Happyland. Follow him as he tries to define happiness with a little help from his friends, Big Wig Sophisticated Pig, Brutus Beaujolais and Cornelius Wordbook, an English gentleman with a book-for-a-head. Prince Gobbledygook duels,… Continue reading Book Review: Happyland: A Fairy Tale in Two Parts by Tes Mekonnen
Small Business Sunday is a weekly feature where I talk about my work as a music therapist, running a company on my own, and the things that comes up as we go along. I love reading posts like this, about what you do on a day to day basis. It’s like getting the chance to… Continue reading A Day in the Life & Changes to Small Business Sunday
Happy Saturday! Admittedly, I haven’t been listening to a lot of music lately, because I’ve mostly been listening to stuff for work and I don’t really want to just share a bunch of transition songs with you guys. But I was playing the radio while driving my partner to work this morning, and this song… Continue reading Saturday Song: Yours by Russell Dickerson
Henley’s father is dead But returning home from her studies abroad, the crown princess of the planet D’marc discovers that his absence isn’t the only thing in her life that’s been turned upside down: her mother has already remarried, passing the throne to her new husband, the uncle Henley once adored. And there’s the ghost:… Continue reading Book Spotlight: Doubt the Stars by Emily Selleck
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death… Continue reading Book Review: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted on That Artsy Reader Girl (previously on The Broke and the Bookish). I don’t usually do Top Ten Tuesday anymore, but I saw that this was going to be the list for this Tuesday, and man, I couldn’t resist. Because forgetting what happened in book is my thing. I… Continue reading Books I Don’t Remember Much/Anything About
Trust is a funny thing isn’t it? It’s great to be trusted by your friends, but when practically the entire school – even the popular kids – are sharing their deepest, darkest secrets with you…that’s when things get messy. Seven Warrilow has been keeping everybody’s secrets for as long as she can remember. She knows… Continue reading Book Review: The Black Notebook by Isabelle Snow
Small Business Sunday is a weekly feature where I talk about my work as a music therapist, running a company on my own, and the things that comes up as we go along. I’m tired. It’s been a long, stressful week, and it kind of feels like things are falling apart on me, and while… Continue reading Small Business Sunday: Jobs I’d Want If I Wasn’t A Music Therapist/Small Business Owner
Happy Saturday! So this week’s song comes from my teen autism group, because we somehow got onto a 90s kick in our last meeting (which is surprising, considering that a good number of this group were born in the 2000s), and this song came up, and I forgot how awesome it was. This remains as… Continue reading Saturday Song: Blue by Eiffel 65
