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For those who dream of living in stories...
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Story Before Slumber

For those who dream of living in stories...
Let's settle on writing about them.

Story Blog

Story Before Slumber

For those who dream of living in stories...
Let's settle on writing about them.

Story Blog
October 4, 2024

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde, 1891 This is one of those novels I didn’t love until I read an analysis on (and,…

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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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