Top 5 Classes Based on Books/Characters

So usually Tuesdays are when I do a Top 5 Tuesday topic by Shanah @ Bionic Book Worm. This Tuesday, I wasn't a fan of the prompt and couldn't figure out how to get started after a few hours of staring at my screen (in-between snack runs, of course), so I decided to do a …

Tomorrow is Talk Like a Pirate Day

Aaaand because tomorrow's Tuesday, and I really like the post I have set up for tuesday (after all, it's Top 5 Tuesday!), I'm going to go ahead and do this post today. Talk Like a Pirate Day is something I've celebrated for almost five years now. I say almost because, after tomorrow, I will have missed …

Book Review: “Brains: A Zombie Memoir” by Robin Becker

I picked up Brains: A Zombie Memoir on a whim at 2nd & Charles a few months ago. Since then, it's lived under my bathroom sink. It's taken me a few weeks to finish it, but now that I have, I find that it was...interesting. Becker's premise is that some of the zombies, after they turn, …

Edgar Allen Poe’s Murder Mystery Invite Only Dinner Party/Gala for Friends Potluck

Can I just say that that is probably the best title of anything I've ever seen? Last week my roommate and I stumbled across something on the depths of YouTube with the title you see above. We were curious, so we watched the trailer, which I'll put here for you now so I don't have to …

What is ENG 100?

I realize I've mentioned the fact that I'm teaching a class called ENG 100 this semester, but I've never taken the time to explain what it is. So here's a short little explanation (and a tick towards the "write at least 4 blog posts a week" goal that I've set for myself) so you can …

The Fall Book Tag!

I'm sure if you've been following along, you've seen me do Top 5 Tuesdays with the categories Shanah @ Bionic Book Worm creates. This time, Shanah's created her own book tag (!!!) and I've decided to do my first-ever book tag and play along wth everyone else. (Who knows? Maybe I'll like these.) While Shanah says everything's …

Recipe Review: Mom’s Coconut Cream Pie

Hey again! You remember last week, when I treated you to my mom's lasagna recipe? I'm going to up the ante this time with her recipe for coconut cream pie. (It probably came out of one of my grandma's church cookbooks, honestly, but mom's got it memorized so I'm accrediting it to her.) You won't …

Top 5 Recommendations for Non-Readers

Here we go again, dear readers! It's Top 5 Tuesday again, which means you're about to be treated to a rant from your dear host about a seemingly random assortment of books. This week's topic, once again brought to you by Shanah @ Bionic Book Worm, is Top 5 Recommendations for Non-Readers. When I worked …

#TheReadingQuest Finale!

#TheReadingQuest, hosted by Aetnee @ Read at Midnight, officially ended on September 10th. Let's take a look at my final numbers: Books Read: 14 Pages Read: 4,786 HP Earned: 469 EXP Earned: 210 Level: 4 Books Unfinished: 11 I didn't do as well as I wanted to. I thought for sure I would be able to get …

Book Review: “Ex-Heroes” by Peter Clines

How would superheroes react to the zombie apocalypse? That's the question behind Peter Clines's Ex-series, the first of which is Ex-Heroes. Before the arrival of the zombie horde, ordinary humans wake up with the realization that they've gained superpowers of some sort. There's the man who can generate electricity (who, slight spoiler alert, is hooked up to …