June Theme: Movies Prompt 2: “Write a poem that is inspired by the soundtrack from a film. If you want to get specific…focus the title of one of the songs or a section of the lyrics. Or, you could just play the soundtrack and see where it takes your mind…and your pen.” The film/soundtrack I…
I think it all started with… My dad had a few hidden between the towels in the bathroom cupboard. I can’t imagine how he thought that was a suitable hiding place, though I’m sure it was more about accessibility and less about logic. The first time I found them, I looked through them and wondered…
Well, this is a wrap, folks, for Fredrik Backman’s Us Against You, and it’s been an amazing reading journey. What a way to ring in my 2019 Reading Challenge…two of the best books I’ve read in a long damn time. Much like Beartown, one of the central topics of this novel is parenting…and just how damned hard…
I’ve read only the first eight chapters of Us Against You, but as expected, I love it. It helps that I’m motivated to know what happens to these characters and that I’m already attached to some of them. This story also naturally lent itself to a second book, simply because of the way the first one…
I know I am a week behind on this, but…holidays, folks. I’ve been taking a break from the internet and have been spending my time with family, friends, and books. BTW, speaking of books…this month, I’m burying my nose in the pages of Fredrik Backman’s follow-up to his astounding Beartown. I didn’t do a discussion…
Initial Reactions: Late one evening toward the end of March, a teenager picked up a double-barreled shotgun, walked into the forest, put the gun to someone else’s forehead, and pulled the trigger. This is the story of how we got there. That is the whole of chapter one of Fredrik Backman’s Beartown. And if that…