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September 29, 2024

Nostalgia [A Gift From the Devil]

I had somehow forgotten that the world was larger than just us. Story (very) loosely inspired by this quote from If He Had Been…

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September 21, 2024

Crown Of Midnight

Crown of Midnight, Sarah J Maas, 2013  Let it first be noted that the reading order for the Throne of Glass series is highly…

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September 14, 2024

The Ocean

As Published in the Scarlet Review Literary Magazine The Ocean There’s a roar That comes with waves crashing. Overwhelming—that music Of the billow, of…

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August 21, 2024

Good Omens

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, 1990  You’ve gotta be kidding me!  Truthfully, I’m…

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August 14, 2024

Happy Place

Happy Place, Emily Henry, 2023  Emily Henry has done it again, my guys. There is no better summer romance writer. Her novels bring me…

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August 9, 2024

Throne of Glass

Throne of Glass, Sarah J. Maas, 2012 (Spoilers) Sarah J. Maas’s other series, ACOTAR, is my all-time favorite, making Throne of Glass quite the…

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August 3, 2024

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë, 1847  I wanted to post about this novel on my blog because it’s Wuthering Heights, for crying out loud! But,…

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August 2, 2024

Love

As published in Tin Can Poetry May Issue https://www.tincanpoetry.com/post/love-by-danielle-patino Love  A love where words Are declared Through moans And breathing so hard  I can…

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July 29, 2024

Better Than The Movies

Better Than The Movies, Lynn Painter, 2021  This one was a BANGER for a first light summer read—though it isn’t actually based in summer…

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July 15, 2024

Paradise

Paradise, Toni Morrison, 1998 (This is a critical paper, written for a Graduate class on Works by Toni Morrison, in which I analyze the…

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