1. The Tales of Beedle The Bard by JKRowling
2. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
3. Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde
4. The True Story of Hansel and Gretal by Louise Murphy
5. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (to re-read)
6. Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
7. Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke
8. The Humming of Numbers by Joni Sensel9. The True ( Read more... )

1. ♥ Sula, Toni Morrison ( Read more... )

Re-Start

I was fifteen years old when the TV “stopped working”. I was with my two other thirds when it happened. I don't think I'll ever forget the day that the three of us were staring at the dead television with an unsettled kind of horror. For a few, uneasy minutes, the three of us didn't speak.

( I remember how dry my mouth was, as if I hadn't spoken in years or if I hadn't had water in weeks. )

Even if I touch my camera and guard it protectively, the romance between us is non-existent. Because of this, our children are not made from love, but from frustration ( Read more... )

The cocker spaniel I had when I was ten died of shampoo poisoning. I watched his poor, golden body twitch and groan as foam clung to the fur by his mouth. His eyes rolled back, and we all watched with a sickened horror ( Read more... )

The smokers talk loudly outside my apartment door. They have a can for their cigarette butts that have compiled throughout the semester so that it's nearing the top. It's a trophy of sorts; a way of showing people that they don't mind that they're destroying their lungs and giving a rise to lung cancer ( Read more... )

It's nearing 11:00 PM and my nephew and I raid the fridge as quietly as we can. He's one of those "growing boy" types and so he pulls back with a bowl of ice cream, milk and a can of lychee fruit all crammed up in his massive hands. We breath out heavily, high and elated from our battling on Mario Party 5 before we assemble our snacks so we won't ( Read more... )