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Poetry Doodling

- April 6, 2022 | April 6, 2022 - jess

I take myself too seriously a lot of the time. Putting my butt in a chair and doing creative work can seem daunting because I’m haunted by the idea that …

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Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss

- November 1, 2019 | March 21, 2022 - jess

Verdict: it’s good. It’s upsetting. It’s a good one-evening read. It’s definitely made the cut into my mini-collection if Slim Books by Spooky Sisters.

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Late August/Early September Reads

- September 12, 2019 | March 21, 2022 - jess

I had a ton of fun reading this while on vacation visiting my sister in New York. We were together for eight days, which is a lot of time to …

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July/August Reads Part 1

- August 26, 2019 | March 21, 2022 - jess

July was a slow month where I spent a lot of time on the couch watching Try Guys videos because it was too hot out to be alive, so I …

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June Reading

- July 2, 2019 | March 21, 2022 - jess

Bit of a slower month this month. June really passed me by without me noticing. Escaping From Houdini is the third installment in the Stalking Jack the Ripper series, one …

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May Reading

- June 4, 2019 | March 21, 2022 - jess

I listened to this in the car on the way out to Cleveland for PyCon 2019. This is a fun techno-thriller, perfectly suited for a road trip. If you like …

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Movie Review: Ma

- June 1, 2019 | March 21, 2022 - jess

Listen, you pretty much already know whether you’re going to like this movie. Octavia Spencer stars in this horror film about a middle aged woman who buys alcohol for teenagers …

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Book cover for Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman

Unsolicited Book Recommendation: Tess of the Road

- May 28, 2019 | March 21, 2022 - jess

One of the best books I read last year was Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman. It’s a kind of meandering fantasy story about a girl who is rejected …

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Book cover for The Merry Spinster by Daniel Mallory Orberg featuring the silhouette of a sinister looking mermaid.

Review: The Merry Spinster

- April 29, 2019 | March 21, 2022 - jess

4/5 stars As with most short story collections, there are a couple I really loved and a couple I could have done without. That’s just the nature of the format, …

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