This is one that has been sitting on my shelf for a while (since it was a new release last year) and I’m actually kicking myself for not having read it sooner. If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha is a necessary account of the importance of female friendships and sisterhood. Cha’s debut novelContinue reading “‘If I Had Your Face’, a Smash-Hit Debut from Frances Cha”
Monthly Archives: July 2021
So I Just Read ‘Play It As It Lays’ by Joan Didion…
A New York Times review of Play It As It Lays describes this book as “terrifying”. At about 50 pages into this 213-page novel, and because I lack patience, I doubted that summation of the book. I found no blood, no gore and thought I knew better than the Times. Little did I know that Didion’s work explores a different horror entirely.
Glass Heart
A secret not so closely guarded. A heart of glass shattered most days, in small ways. A passing comment or random choke in the throat? Chip, chip, chip away. Take it all! I don’t want it anymore. Get up, glue it together, rudimentary. Set yourself back. On your heels, better than on your toes, right?Continue reading “Glass Heart”
Noir
Maybe it’s just because it’s storming outside as I’m writing this, but I was just thinking, it would be so cool to star in my own noir detective story. You know, the black-and-white TV shows/movies. The detective is the last one at the precinct, working into the late hours as he/she/they try to piece togetherContinue reading “Noir”
My Fallen Angel
She glowed, ethereal and tragic,An angel fallen from grace,But I was drawn to her magic.Her eyes were translucent and distant,A pearl washed ashore,But I saw a shadow there, something of a misfit,Despite all the warning signs,I charged on, closed my eyes.For all the pain we endured,Bleeding hearts on marble floors,I feel I will never beContinue reading “My Fallen Angel”
Painting Ombré Galaxy Hair!
Hey everyone, this latest painting took me a while! It’s definitely a hairstyle I would like to try out on myself, but for now it’s immortalized in paint. Let me know what you think of this one and the whole process! There is definitely room for improvement!
The Dragon that Swallows Fire
I breathe in hot embers,It’s like a firework has explodedIn my chest,But instead of beauty,I find destruction there.The sudden burst of warmthFades to a chillI can’t quite describe,It’s as if something wasThere,And will never be,There again.The unease of emptiness,The apprehension toward change,I want to be the DragonThat swallows fire!Absorbs its harrowing nature,And reforms it,Makes itContinue reading “The Dragon that Swallows Fire”
Hidden Jules 