O.M.D. What is your favorite film?

 I am currently out of ideas for the moment. Maybe next month I’ll have a film worth talking about. 

Any films you love that don’t get discussed? Let me know. 

W.I.P. A Little Late

 Happy Valentine's week!

I know I'm a few days late, being sick is the pits.

There are a few projects I've been trying to keep in the works. Today I'll post a snippet from NaNoWriMo 2020.

When they entered the house Katherine nearly gagged on the excess of dust hanging in the air.  They walked in further, and Rhys opened one of the windows. A breeze came in stirring up the dust in the unused building. Katherine sneezed.

“A bit dusty?”

Katherine looked over at her newly found brother. There was a sly smirk on his face. Casually putting her hands behind her back, she scooped up a bit of the dust. Walking over to him she gently blew it into his face, smiling. As he inhaled it, she stepped back, knowing what would come. As if on cue he sneezed.

“A bit dusty?” She asked scarcasticly.

Putting on his best fake smile he stepped forward, scooping up a handful of dust and walking towards her. The smile turned into a genuine grin when she moved away.

“No…” she started, backing away a memory flashed across her mind. “Rhys, don’t you dare . . .”

What have you been up to this week?

Book Nook: An Fans out There?

 I may have done this novel before, but I began rereading it again recently. (Nearly done once more.) It's a nice break from the other novels I've been reading. More light-hearted and what-not.

Here are a few of my favorite aspects of this novel

1. It was written during National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) purely for fun

2. It plays with something every fan has encountered at least once.

3. It doesn't take itself seriously until it does

4. It covers more material than any book that size should (and does it well)

Rainbow Rowell's introduction is pure gold. She states how and why she wrote the book from the very beginning. At the end she then thanks everyone who's ever read or written FanFiction as well.

Ah, FanFiction. The art of taking something you love and writing a new character into the universe to meet the original characters. Taking the original characters and putting them into new circumstances. Slash.

WARNING PAST HERE BE SPOILERS!

This novel follows Cather through her first year of college and all of the awkward socialities that ensue.

We meet the following cast of characters in the regular narrative:

  Wren - her twin

  Regan - her upperclassman roommate

   Levi - The smiling guy who's always in their room

   Art - Cather's dad

   Nick - fellow student and story thief

Cather prefers to be alone. She goes to classes, engages when she has to, but people are not her cup of tea. (To which I can relate, hiding in my room and avoiding people in the safety of my book-filled bedroom.)

Her preferred method of coping is writing.

FanFiction.

Slash.

Simon Snow and Baz slash, to be precise.

She has been writing her fanfiction, Carry On for two years and has to have it finished before the final book in the series comes out. All while attending college and taking a writing course which wants a 10,000 short story as a final.

Between trying to focus on Simon and Baz and her courses is a bi-weekly meeting with Nick. He's in her Fiction Writing course and wants to "collaborate" *coughstealherstuffcough*. Then there's Levi who's constantly in their room because he's Reagan's boyfriend (or so we assume because Cather assumes).

This novel deals with new roommates, social anxiety, mental health, and abandonment.

I won't spoil it all completely, but the issues that it talks about definitely are not listed in the fun going title. This is an excellent read for anyone beginning college, moving away for the first time, and living with mental issues. It takes us through the steps from the point of view of someone who is coping with them firsthand.

I recommend reading this book. And fear not.

Carry On is next on my To-Read list....provided I don't get caught up in another Cozy Mystery.

What is your favorite novel to read? Any recommendations?

See you next week!

One Month In

Welcome to the shortest month of the year!

I hope all of you made it okay.

Expect a few new W.I.P.’s this month.

Stay safe and healthy, I'll catch you next week.