I need a sign on my office door that reads "Optimists Only." I'm so tired of hearing negative news - about people, about events, about everything. Negative, negative, negative, all the time. No one wants to listen to that. That's why when someone is legitimately depressed and needs to talk to someone, no one wants … Continue reading Optimists Only
Diversity in Books
I didn't notice the lack of diversity until it was brought to me. Mostly because I'm white. I grew up in a white farm-town neighborhood of Catholics and Baptists. So, when I read a book and all the characters are white, I don't think anything about it. It's normal to me. But, to someone who … Continue reading Diversity in Books
Book Review: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor (5/5)
YA Fantasy, 2017 The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around—and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old he’s been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half … Continue reading Book Review: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor (5/5)
Beatrice B. Morgan 