Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“Any game becomes important when you know and love the players.” ― W.P. Kinsella From the moment I picked up Scoring, I didn’t want to put it down. I can honestly say that I have never read an anthology where I liked every story. Actually, I loved every story! Scoring is a sports themed collection... Continue Reading →
“Any game becomes important when you know and love the players.” ― W.P. Kinsella From the moment I picked up Scoring, I didn’t want to put it down. I can honestly say that I have never read an anthology where I liked every story. Actually, I loved every story! Scoring is a sports themed collection... Continue Reading →
“The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children.” – William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice” They say that absolute power corrupts absolutely. The danger in that bid for the ultimate control, of course, is that there is always someone who is more corrupt and more powerful than yourself. Power then becomes... Continue Reading →
“The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children.” – William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice” They say that absolute power corrupts absolutely. The danger in that bid for the ultimate control, of course, is that there is always someone who is more corrupt and more powerful than yourself. Power then becomes... Continue Reading →
“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.” ― Jane Austen When I read City Knight (City Knight #1) by T.A. Webb, I didn’t know it was the first in a series. I didn’t read... Continue Reading →
“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.” ― Jane Austen When I read City Knight (City Knight #1) by T.A. Webb, I didn’t know it was the first in a series. I didn’t read... Continue Reading →
“Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering.” – Honoré de Balzac Poor Ladder Rung, bless his heart, is not being the best brownie he should be, but he’s being the best he can be, which is the most anyone is capable of, brownie or not. He’s not... Continue Reading →
“Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering.” – Honoré de Balzac Poor Ladder Rung, bless his heart, is not being the best brownie he should be, but he’s being the best he can be, which is the most anyone is capable of, brownie or not. He’s not... Continue Reading →
“How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all.” -- Clarissa Pinkola Estes Having read all three of the books in... Continue Reading →
“How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all.” -- Clarissa Pinkola Estes Having read all three of the books in... Continue Reading →
“Deception, when it works, is the most elegant and the least expensive manipulation of all.” – Vernor Vinge Oh, Victor Bayne, how much do I love you? Apparently so much that I pretend you’re real and ask you if you know how much I love you. It’s been approximately two and a half years since... Continue Reading →
“Deception, when it works, is the most elegant and the least expensive manipulation of all.” – Vernor Vinge Oh, Victor Bayne, how much do I love you? Apparently so much that I pretend you’re real and ask you if you know how much I love you. It’s been approximately two and a half years since... Continue Reading →
“Something unappeased, unappeasable, is within me; it longeth to find expression. A craving for love is within me, which speaketh itself the language of love.” – Friedrich Nietzsche I've previously read two books from this author that I absolutely loved, so I knew what I was getting myself in for when I started reading this... Continue Reading →
“Something unappeased, unappeasable, is within me; it longeth to find expression. A craving for love is within me, which speaketh itself the language of love.” – Friedrich Nietzsche I've previously read two books from this author that I absolutely loved, so I knew what I was getting myself in for when I started reading this... Continue Reading →
“A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.” ― Leopold Stokowski Ryunoski Nakimura, or Ru to his friends has had a rough time of it recently. At the ripe old age of seventeen Ru has already been at the top of the music industry. He has also been knocked down... Continue Reading →
“A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.” ― Leopold Stokowski Ryunoski Nakimura, or Ru to his friends has had a rough time of it recently. At the ripe old age of seventeen Ru has already been at the top of the music industry. He has also been knocked down... Continue Reading →
“Love is the burning point of life, and since all life is sorrowful, so is love. The stronger the love, the more the pain. Love itself is pain, you might say—the pain of being truly alive.” ― Joseph Campbell I love when the books I read come to life in my imagination, not in a... Continue Reading →
“Love is the burning point of life, and since all life is sorrowful, so is love. The stronger the love, the more the pain. Love itself is pain, you might say—the pain of being truly alive.” ― Joseph Campbell I love when the books I read come to life in my imagination, not in a... Continue Reading →
“We are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks. That's what connects us--that we're all broken, all beautifully imperfect.” ― Emilio Estevez For the past two years Aaron has been merely existing, floating through his life in a drugged haze. He can't tolerate anyone's touch. Not his mother, father or his brothers, the people who love him most,... Continue Reading →
“We are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks. That's what connects us--that we're all broken, all beautifully imperfect.” ― Emilio Estevez For the past two years Aaron has been merely existing, floating through his life in a drugged haze. He can't tolerate anyone's touch. Not his mother, father or his brothers, the people who love him most,... Continue Reading →
“I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.” ― Stephen Hawking Welcome to the Revolution. The fight for dominance in a game of political warfare now comes down not to who is right but... Continue Reading →
“I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.” ― Stephen Hawking Welcome to the Revolution. The fight for dominance in a game of political warfare now comes down not to who is right but... Continue Reading →
“I just feel like every kid is growing up too fast and they’re seeing too much… Because they have to have some innocence; there’s just no innocence left.” – Ellen DeGeneres Jackson Kern walks into his new school one day, and Taylor Andrews is immediately smitten. Becca volunteers to show Jackson around. She is always... Continue Reading →
“I just feel like every kid is growing up too fast and they’re seeing too much… Because they have to have some innocence; there’s just no innocence left.” – Ellen DeGeneres Jackson Kern walks into his new school one day, and Taylor Andrews is immediately smitten. Becca volunteers to show Jackson around. She is always... Continue Reading →
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