This is a trope I'm sick of in fantasy. It's not that "the chosen one" is bad, but I've seen it so much that it's become cliche. (It's like the spunky red-headed female lead.) To me, making the protagonist "the chosen one" is just a reason to put them into the story. It's a plot … Continue reading “The Chosen One”
Crazy Thing
So, when I first started this blog, I had all these ideas for posts - and I wrote and wrote and wrote in the first few weeks. I had about 200 drafts, and in all that free time I had, I scheduled posts a year in advance. I've been going over those old posts. I've … Continue reading Crazy Thing
Book Review: Piecing me Together by Renée Watson (4/5)
YA Fiction Copyright: I saw this book among the few new books that my library can afford to purchase. I read the inside blurb, thought the idea of interesting, a young black girl feels out of place in a school of mostly well-off white kids. She dreams of getting out of her impoverished neighborhood and … Continue reading Book Review: Piecing me Together by Renée Watson (4/5)
Beatrice B. Morgan 