I just finished a book called Someone We Know by Shari Lapena and it was so mediocre and average that I’m not sure why I even finished it. It was strange. Like it was predictable, but the ending was unexpected. Even though there were lots of twists and turns, it was still unsatisfying. Of course,… Continue reading White-on-White Crime
Do you want to take a peek into my creative process? I am currently sitting in the middle of this coffee shop in the middle of downtown that doubles as a bar. I’m hella distracted by the television playing The Office. Can I take a second to digress about The Office? This boring show about… Continue reading My Creative Process
I’ll admit, I was a bit skeptical about reading Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. My friend lent me the book (without having read it first, I might add). I was convinced this was going to be some hoaky (this is definitely not a word) white people mess selling me self-help crap about living my best… Continue reading Big Magic, Humble Beginnings
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I just finished the book A Prayer for Travelers by Ruchika Tomar . How do I feel about it? I feel like once again, this book was weird. But you know how I like weird books and stories. It was definitely one of those white woman thrillers that I talked about in the past, but… Continue reading Just a small town girl
I’m was unsure of what I wanted to write about, so I started a post about Difficult Women by Roxane Gay and how the stories that she wrote were weird. They’re like really weird, but in a good way. I like weird. Like the one story about the baby arm. Or the other story about… Continue reading Let’s get weird
No one: … Nobody at all: …. Absolutely no one in the world: …. ME: Are y’all tired of me reading and writing about books with characters of color? Do you roll your eyes at all my remarks about white people, especially my comments about white women? Do you think I’m always thinking too much… Continue reading Me pulling the race card
