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Books Read in March

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  This month’s reading list is a little bit different. I did not finish reading any books that I stared reading in February. Instead, I read other books from beginning to end!   And I managed to do that with 14 books this month. Woot!   So here are all the books I read this month:   17. Felones de Se: Poems about Suicide by LindaAnn LoSchiavo   18. Stitched Together by Juliet Rose   19. You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World Edited by Ada Limón   20. Lady, Will You Hear Me?: A True Ghost Story by Susan E. Rogers   21. Shaky Pictures of Vanished Faces by D. Matthew Urban   22. The Sins of God by Benjamin B. White   23. The Lake House Massacre by Chris Bedell   24. Nightmare Tide Edited by Andrew Robert and Ben Long   25. A Terrible Place and Other Dark Tales by D.L. Winchester   26. Aberrations by Matt Dymerski   27. Whispers From Beyond: A Showcase of ...

You Don't Mess with Mama Bear

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  Image credit: Sibling_Yonten via Pixabay   I have an Instagram account , and while I was on there recently, I saw a post that read, “I will not be quiet just so you can be comfortable.” This inspired me to write a poem with that very same title for a collection of anti-Trump poems I am writing, because lately, I have been posting things online that speaks out against things that have happened because of our current president.   And lately, I have amped up this activity, only because one thing about that president is that he is at war with the LGBTQA+ community. One of the things he said during his campaign for the second term? “No transgender.” And, ya know, one of my kids is transgender. The other one is gay. So he essentially decided to pick a fight with a community that my kids and I belong to. I am also disabled, and since he has eliminated DEI, this affects the disabled community, as well.   This means war!   Anyone who has taken it upon the...

Books Read, and Finished, in February

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    This month’s list is a little different: I am combining the books I finished reading with the books I have read. The count of books read so far this year is accurate, as the books I finished reading this month are ones I started reading in January.   This month, I finished reading 2 books (11 and 13) and read 6 books.   Some of the books I read this month are ones I started reading last year, but because of things going on, I forgot about those books. So I started over with them this month and finished reading them. Yay!   I once again did not meet my goal to read 10 books in one month, but I will keep trying!   Here are the books:   9. The Wipe Revenge: A Roll to Die For by C.A. Baynam 10. Eaden by Megan Guilliams 11. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry 12. Of Teeth and Pine by Desiree Horton 13. The Boneman by Mark James Montgomery 14. Not the Worst Monster in Town by Chisto Healy and C.A...