Fiction, Poetry, Letters, & Other Creative Musings
Mac & Teri... *pauses* *shakes head* Okay. I want to start by saying I loved this book. Now... their marriage was a trip. Given his line of work, this makes perfect sense though. His personality and time away from home would naturally lead to this. *pauses* No spoilers. So, anyway, this story is not what... Continue Reading →
This book... Y'all... Drake LeVeq... I have honestly been sitting on this for several days. I finished the book and was in awe. I seriously considered heading to New Orleans to find this man's ancestors. Beverly Jenkins did an amazing job on this story. She slayed all the words. ALL OF... Continue Reading →
Let's just start off by taking a moment to discuss how wonderful the Reluctant Royals series is. Alyssa Cole did the damn thing with these 5 books. I adored every single last one of these characters. Likotsi was my favorite the moment I read Once Ghosted, hands down. But then I began to read A... Continue Reading →
Every year I set a Goodreads challenge and every year I fail miserably. This year I was tired of hearing my mom fuss at me for making my goal so high and me scrambling to read a ton of books in December. I keep saying I am going to dig into my comic collection to... Continue Reading →
So... today is the last day of Black Music Month and I participated in this challenge by Naima Cochrane. I shared the challenge with friends and one, Portia, decided to up the level of difficulty and say that we could not repeat artists. I had already done day 1, but still felt confident in my... Continue Reading →
My idea of perfect happiness is a contradiction of sorts. Nothing is necessarily perfect. I think perfect happiness is decidedly imperfect. It is more a thing of me being content and have frequent periods of bliss & happiness. It means that my sad moments are not as often and short. It means having people in... Continue Reading →
Okay... some days it seems that my whole life is a struggle and I think I have finally found the answer. I am going to monetize my anxiety. Let me take a moment to explain something. There are four things that people get mixed up occasionally. Those things are shyness, introversion, social awkwardness, and anxiety/social... Continue Reading →
From the author of Sweet Turtleberry Jam comes five new stories; five chance encounters that could lead to love or heartbreak. Maliyah, an orphaned Catholic school girl, falls for Marq and is ready to break all the rules. Destiny meets Gary on a plane to Vegas. That chance encounter, and a premonition, changes her... Continue Reading →
Okay y'all. I have been trying to focus on any number of things but my mind is mush. What's a girl to do when life gets too much and the words aren't flowing on the page? Pick up a book of course! So I decided to dive in to The Follow by Eliza David. I... Continue Reading →
I am super excited about this book you guys!!!! “Where I come from, cops aren't super heroes.” Photojournalist and wedding photographer, Ava Marie Greene, doesn’t ever want to fall in love and not in the I-just-haven’t-met-right-man kinda way either. Ava is a hopeless romantic, but too much hurt and disappointment has her hiding behind... Continue Reading →
Inside the Shell 