Music Monday is a weekly meme hosted by Lauren Stoolfire at Always Me that asks you to share one or two songs that you've recently enjoyed. For the rules, visit the page HERE
Breana: I recently started listening to Tempest's music, specifically her Ep, The Ranch. One of my favorite songs is Worthy. Give it a listen!
Adri: I'm still mostly listening to my metal playlist, and what I currently have on repeat is Oceans of Slumber's newest album, Where Gods Fear to Speak. My pick for today is The Given Dream.
Andrea: Hi all! This week I'm listening to I Wanna Get Next To You by Rose Royce. Have an amazing week!
The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted by Freda's Voice where every Friday you pick a book and turn to page 56 or 56%, and select a sentence or a few, as long as it's not a spoiler.**Note: Freda @ Freda's Voice is taking a break from The Friday 56; Anne @Head is Full of Books is hosting for now.**
Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Readerthat asks you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you're reading.
All her life, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love's death. She doesn't believe in true love and never thought this would be a problem, but as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she's not so sure anymore.
Beginning: "Richard Gansey III had forgotten how many times he had been told he was destined for greatness."
56: "These days, they all had their hands thrust into the sky, hoping for comets."
Comments: I have finally finished reading the first four books of The Raven Cycle series. I liked this one as much as the other three. What are you reading this week?
Music Monday is a weekly meme hosted by Lauren Stoolfire at Always Me that asks you to share one or two songs that you've recently enjoyed. For the rules, visit the page HERE
Breana: I've been listening to the Charlie XCX's remix album, Brat and it's completely different but also still brat. One of my favorite songs is Everything is Romantic featuring Caroline Polachek.
It’s October twenty-ninth. So it’s time to write about the short stories, miscellaneous posts, and podcast episodes I read or listened to in September.
The 6% Squeeze by Eddie Robson was an uncanny and engrossing short story (no pun intended) with hints of absurd and horror, about a man—Miles—and the design of a product package, for a brand referred to as “Mr Zeb.” Seems pretty mundane right? Well, the story quickly took a turn, and the instructions for how to design the packaging read like a manual for a cult, as Miles discovers just who he’s doing freelance for. I liked this story. It had a great, eerie atmosphere, and the build-up toward the reveal and the end was tense.
The next short story I checked out was Marissa Lingen’s The Music Must Always Play. This is the second story I've read from this author this year (the other one was And the Dreams That You Dare to Dream). This one was a first contact story set in Mankato, Minnesota, after an alien ship crash landed. The aliens were significant but also a small part of the story. They weren’t the focus, rather it was the aftermath of the crash, and a linguists, Maryam Mohamed’s, attempts to understand the clues they left behind. There was nothing dramatic, in terms of twists, due to how the emotional arc in this character sturdy was the point. I liked what Lingen did with Maryam. She was a complicated character, who was caught between her dedication to linguistics and the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study an alien language and her desire to be closer to her family during her father’s illness. All-in-all, The Music Must Always Play was a good one.
Music Monday is a weekly meme hosted by Lauren Stoolfire at Always Me that asks you to share one or two songs that you've recently enjoyed. For the rules, visit the page HERE
October 31st is right around the corner, so welcome to our annual Halloween Edition of Music Monday, where we're going to share more of the music we've been listening to this season!
Breana: Since this is the Halloween Edition, I have three songs. The first one is RIP by Qveen Herby. I couldn't end the month without mentioning this one, because it embodies the season.
My second pick is Vampire in the Corner by Magdalena Bay. It's from their latest album, Imaginal Disk.
And my third pick is another song from Qveen Herby. This one is called Frankenstein and it features Tech N9ne.
Andrea: This week I'm listening to Addams Groove by MC Hammer. Have a happy and safe Halloween!
Adri: This week my pick is a song I've been listening to for most of the year, but wanted to save for this edition specifically. And that song is Are You Afraid of the Dark by Scary Black.
So that's it for our annual Halloween Edition. What are you listening to?
