This book had some deep waters, and those are often difficult to wade through.
New Things November | Choose Joy
Trying new things is necessary—uncomfortable—but essential to the human experience.
Halloween Countdown Wrap-Up
I thoroughly enjoyed my spooky reads this month.
The Outsider | Halloween Countdown
This book is about reality vs. unreality, good vs. evil.
These Running Shoes of Mine…at Dimple Dell Regional Park
Dimple Dell Regional Park has been on my radar for a while. However, it’s a matter of driving across the city just to get there. So much work. But I was motivated because the autumn foliage is fading, and I want to see all those brilliant colors before bare branches and ugliness greet me (I…
The Beast in the Garden | Halloween Countdown
It questions our idea of wilderness and our connection to nature.
Beautiful Creatures | Halloween Countdown
By far, the best part is the setting steeped in the South. That I can feel it in spades.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Halloween Countdown
Ichabod Crane is the scariest part of this story.
Coraline | Halloween Countdown
This book speaks in the simplest, most beautiful terms, of uncertainty, love, and sacrifice.
Carrie | Halloween Countdown
It’s about human nature, about the ability in each of us for great kindness or great cruelty.
Face Your Fears | Choose Joy
There’s a special alchemy in sharing your fears with another
The Turn of the Screw | Halloween Countdown
The less Henry James writes, the more he says between those words.
Tyger Tyger 