Danielle – Page 5 – Reading & Writing Blog

June 30, 2024

Safe Haven

Safe Haven, Nicholas Sparks, 2010 (novel) & Safe Haven, Lasse Hallstrom, 2013 (film) (Spoilers) Since Safe Haven (the film) is one of my long…

June 26, 2024

Beautiful Day

As published in Unseal Your Best Life Poetry Anthology by Lauren Brill (www.theunsealed.com). Can be purchased on Amazon. Beautiful Day It’s 6am When the…

June 21, 2024

A Court of Silver Flames

A Court of Silver Flames, Sarah J. Maas, 2021 (Spoilers) Maas’s last (as of now) installment in the ACOTAR series is the Cassian and…

June 11, 2024

Self-Love

As published in Ocean Poetry Anthology 2024, edited by A.M. Larks, illustrated by Leslie Gonzalez. Available for purchase on Amazon. Author Bio: Danielle is…

June 1, 2024

Cleopatra and Frankenstein

Cleopatra and Frankenstein, Coco Mellors, 2022 Apologies if anybody takes issue with this comparison but the themes in Mellors’ Cleopatra and Frankenstein—hard truths about…

May 23, 2024

Little People

Sure enough, her dolls were still there, some slumped and others standing tall. Inspired by this quote from The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah, 2015. The…

May 19, 2024

Elven Dance

Table after table of food had been lined up along the far edge of the plateau, and I lost Tamlin while I waited in…

May 18, 2024

Atonement

Atonement, Ian McEwan, 2001 (Spoilers) In a novel so honest it unsettles me, Ian McEwan’s Atonement gives the full and complete narrative of Briony…

May 13, 2024

Permanence/Diffidence/Fatal Embrace/Thoughts After You’ve Left Me With Myself/Thaw

Published in Contemporary Jo Literary Magazine Issue Vl (can be purchased through amazon or online site, contemporaryjo.com/shop) Content Warning: Young love, Body Image, Suicidal…

May 4, 2024

A Court of Frost and Starlight

A Court of Frost and Starlight, Sarah J. Maas, 2018 (Spoilers) ACOTAR’s A Court of Frost and Starlight is different than the rest of…