Books
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“In a flash, only thirty years, the Mongol warriors would defeat every army, capture every fort, and bring down the walls of every city they encountered. Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus would soon kneel before the dusty boots of illiterate young Mongol horsemen.” “Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World” by Jack Weatherford…
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“…it might not then be too fanciful to say that some houses are born bad.” “The Haunting of Hill House” by Shirley Jackson When it comes time to return to working on Rosewood Manor, I know exactly what book will be coming off the shelves to reread to help inspire that great, brooding, heavy feeling…
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Yesterday, I officially finished the rough draft of Soulless (unless you count a potential epilogue that I’m still on the fence about). It’s been several years since I completely finished a rough draft of something, and the feeling is incredibly accomplished. The timing couldn’t be better, either, since Monday I was really feeling like I…
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Usually, if it gets to be this late in the day and I haven’t made a post yet, I leave it for the next day, but I felt the need to still put something up. The only reason why I didn’t post this morning was because I had an unexpected job interview downtown this morning…
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“‘Run away, child,’ answered her mother, ‘and catch the sunshine! It will soon be gone.’” “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne Anyone who knows me particularly well knows I’m a huge Hawthorne fangirl. Some of his works are among my absolute favorites, I’ve visited his old haunts in New England and considered them the highlights…
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Today’s an exciting day for me, because not only does this post mark my very first participation in a Blog Tour, it’s also a blog tour for one of my friends and for a book that I’ve been looking forward to for quite some time. The book is Jewel of the Thames (A Portia Adams…
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“…’But if you start down a road you can’t see the end of, there’s a chance you’ll find some dark things along it.’” “The Sharing Knife Volume One: Beguilement” by Lois McMaster Bujold My delve into this series by one of newest writerly influences, Lois McMaster Bujold, lead me to realize one solid conclusion: I…
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So, tonight, I wasted too much time on a reddit thread about books you hate with a passion, having come across a few classics that I absolutely adore but I could understand why people weren’t fans. This mostly hit me when I came across Little Women and Anne of Green Gables, two classic staples that…
L.S. Engler 