If you’re like me, and without an actual Valentine this weekend, I’m bringing you a cyber gift - My top 5 fictional couples for my first Friday Five in a long time. Read about them, watch them, get your vicarious dose of romance from them. You know you want to!

I cannot believe I narrowed my favorites down to the top 5. This was hard for me. So ( Read more... )

So, I’m not one of those people who got married, had a kid, or made a million dollars last year. And yes, there were some bad spots (like making the decision to euthanize my oldest cat). I worked, I wrote, and I let myself obsess with some pop culture amazingness. And I know I’m a little late to the game (I did say I would have this up last week, ( Read more... )

I actually thought this list would be a lot smaller. I'm kind of surprised. I had a few books on here for work, but for the most part, these were for fun. I included links for the reviews that are already up at Portrait, but not all of them have been posted yet. Any questions about them, just ask. It's almost all YA this year.

1. Moonglass by Jessi ( Read more... )

Write about the first book you read that made you want to become a writer.

I don't remember the title of the book, but I remember that I was six years old. I read a little above my reading level at the time, and my mom had just given me a bunch of the Sweet Valley Twins (not the high school ones, obviously, I was six, come on) books. The one that ( Read more... )

Edit: How did I not remember that I had already posted the list of books I read? Wow. Clearly was half asleep last time around or something. At least this entry has links in it? Anyway, definitely shooting for more books this year, though a good portion of them will be self-help books and training materials because I'm going through a training plan ( Read more... )

Normally, this list would need to go under a cut because normally, I've read about twice as many books as this over the course of the year. But, much like my writing this year, my reading has seriously suffered. Work has just been keeping me so busy this year. Anyway, if anyone has any questions about any of the books on the list, feel free to ask ( Read more... )

I know I said I would post my list of books read last year a couple of weeks back, but I've been crazy busy lately. I promise, it's not my fault. Every time I sit down to do it, it doesn't help that I get distracted by other things either. I also have a story to get working on for a Gossip Girl fic exchange. And I've never written for that fandom ( Read more... )

I was going to do some fun and fictional writing, but I can't concentrate on that when my mom keeps yelling things at me from the other room, so instead, you get seven random topics of conversation today. I figure seven is a good number to make up for me not posting anything over the last few weeks... again. I don't know. Apparently, I'm really bad ( Read more... )