Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer

I can’t remember the last time I read a book in one sitting. On Thursday, I was so shocked that I had read Wayward Son in three days, but I sat down yesterday and read all of Cinder in one sitting, except for a small break for dinner. #quarantinelife?

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Sometimes I Forget That Gilbert Morris Isn’t My Grandfather

When I was nine years old, I went to Alaska for a couple weeks. It was summer there, the first time I had seen daylight that lasted all night, or until after seven, for that matter. We stayed with family friends. I ended up in the teenage daughter’s room.

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Can Moa Fly?

When I was in college, I was an English minor. I wasn’t super interested in the lit classes because I’m awful at metaphors and poetry, but I did take all the writing classes that were offered.

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The First Episode I Remember

Other than the first couple episodes of Naruto, the earliest anime I have a really distinct memory of is from the Skypeia arc of One Piece. My family went to someone’s house for dinner, and it was a Sunday night, so their son retreated for half an hour to watch the new One Piece episode.

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Tell Me a Story

Most of my reaction posts on this blog are to books. I posted a few reactions to TV shows and podcasts, but they were all fictional things: Limitless, Daredevil, Alice Isn’t Dead. My current obsession is a podcast called The Dollop.

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