They say that power corrupts, and that absolute power corrupts absolutely. I say that nothing is more powerful than the need for vindication. Two wrongs will never make a right, but in the eyes of someone (who believes they are) grievously wronged, the need for “balance” becomes more of a purpose than a verb. Revenge becomes life, and understanding becomes dust. The back cover of “Wasteland” says it is a “fast-paced trilogy with high stakes…of life or death.” I disagree. Though there IS life and death, and yes…the stakes are incredibly high for several characters. “Wasteland” is an expertly plotted
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Hopes Reign by Selina Fenech (Book Two in Memory’s Wake Trilogy) Publication Date: May 10th Add to your Goodreads shelf! Purchase on Amazon! Synopsis: Everything is slipping away from Memory. The bond of friendship between her, Eloryn, Roen, and Will, that was formed while running for their lives is tearing. In a world that doesn’t feel like home, with a mind filled with nothing but questions, Memory struggles to be true to herself… whoever that is. When her past self starts haunting her, she knows her sanity could be the next thing she will lose.
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As a “professional” reviewer (and believe me when I say I use that word lightly) I spend hundreds of hours each month immersed in the written word. Most of the time…I read a book, shrug/eye-roll/smile/or shudder/ write down a few notes and move on. These books are not bad, just… forgettable. Other times, I’ll pick up a book and be impressed. It’s entertaining The characters are believable, and the plot is everything you expect from a quality crafted novel. But rarely do I pick up a book and realize, too little too late, that what I’m reading is not a book at all,
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I am a hardass. Or at least that’s what I like to tell myself. The truth is…I’m a Sap. (With a capital S.) I swoon over fluffy kittens, I lose all comprehension of the English language around babies, and though I tell my husband our DVR is full of ABC Family melodramas simply to torture him, the fact is, I just freaking love them. Let’s be honest for a second shall we? There is nothing more compelling than a gaggle of perfectly coifed uber rich socialites. The Princess. The Underdog. The Mean Girl (insert meow.) they are (in a sense)
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Quote This… “He had been willing to die because he refused to take a life. But me, I contemplated shooting everyone.” Loss is a natural part of life. We are taught to accept it at a very young age. Our family pet dies, one of our beloved grandparents passes away…ashes to ashes, dust to dust. But what our family/friends/ministers fail to tell us is what happens AFTER the loss. Not a week later when you are laying flowers on a grave, or a month later when you are cleaning out your Aunt June’s attic. No. What they conveniently forget to tell you is what
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So there is this quote by Harry Emerson Fosdick that says: “He who knows no hardship will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best, grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.” Now, I don’t know how many of you even know who Harry is (FYI – An American pastor from the early 1900′s who later went on to establish the AA movement as well as write a number of MG books for boys under the pen name Harry
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There is this website online, one I’m sure very few of you know about (or at least that’s my hope) called Experienceproject.com. To be blunt, it’s a public avenue for those who have suffered from (or are currently in the throes of) amnesia to share their stories with like-minded individuals. Now, I’m going to lay all of my cards on the table here and say that, until I read roughly 70 of these stories I thought amnesia was a big ol steaming pile of elephant poop. I mean..really? You can’t remember who you brother is? Hell…I’ve been trying to
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A few years ago (when I still had a 9-5 job in the city) I used to spend my lunch hour (almost everyday) outside on the patio of a little French cafe called La Madeleine. I didn’t necessarily go there everyday for the food (although it’s mouth-watering.) What I went for was the atmosphere. At any given moment you could find a group of high school kids, men in suits, mothers scurrying around with strollers. Artists, hipsters, wealthy arm candy wives. It was eclectic to say the least, AND it was incredibly fascinating…in an eavesdropping sense of the word.
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Quote This… “Today is the end. Today I am done reacting. All these years I’ve been turning myself off, letting my paths choose themselves. After today I am acting. I am choosing.” There is this saying about sisters that: “Having a sister is like having a best friend you can’t get rid of.” Now…whether or not this statement has any validity to it, I couldn’t tell you. I only have one sibling, an older brother, who hovers much closer to the “pain-in-the-ass” side of the scale than the “best friend” side, but I love the sentiment that the
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Quote This… “Without my ability, I don’t know who I am” One of the most noteworthy aspects of the human existence (and possibly the most under appreciated) is freedom of choice (or free will for those of you more biblically inclined.) The most beautiful is the blind faith we allow ourselves to experience when making those choices. As babies we choose when to crawl, when to walk, our first word. As teenagers we choose our future. Will it be college? Music? Art… As we get older we choose the details that will define our lives. Who do I love? How many children will I have? WILL
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