I feel like it’s been a million years since I wrote anything on Birdie Bookworm, but it’s only been 4 months. It was the longest four months of my life, I swear. I feel like so much was off kilter in my world, and I didn’t have space for anything else. Not even books. Since […]
Reading YA as a mom has been really eye opening. Books I would have taken for granted before Baby Chick, probably even love, I now see very differently. I’m more aware of the unhealthy messages in fiction than I ever was when it was just myself. I think about this a lot, actually. However, I […]
Currently I’m reading a book… -obviously, since that’s what we all do in this book blogging world. Anyway, the girl in this book is really messed up. She was hurtful and demanding. She forced compromise, but only as long as she wasn’t the one having to give anything. She made no effort to show affection. […]
As a parent, I frequently think about how I should monitor and censor my daughter’s media intake. I ask myself, at nearly 14 years old, what should be allowed and what shouldn’t? Growing up my mother never really monitored the books that I was interested in. Looking back, as an adult, I recognize where some […]
Life, Currently… This Flights of Fancy is supposed to be about what’s going on in my life, and why I’ve been a little quieter lately. I’m sure readers probably haven’t noticed, but I can’t stop thinking about it. The thing is, I’m not really good with talking about personal stuff. I never have been. Something about […]
Casting a beloved book, for a movie or just among the fans, is a problematic situation. We’re all so involved with the characters as we see them in our own heads, and it can get a little dicey when someone points out why we’re wrong. I’m not normally someone who reads a book and starts […]
Birdie Bookworm 