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The Black Witch (The Black Witch Chronicles, #1) Book Review

The Black Witch by Laurie Forest
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

This is the first time I have ever given a book one star. Just one. LOL I really felt like this book kept trying to go somewhere but it never made it to its destination. Mind you, I did not even finish this book. Maybe because I am not a “young adult”. I could not endure reading angst and pains of youth and subpar writing. I read about a third of this book and I just cant. So I gave up. Forgive me guys, but maybe this author needed a better editor cuz…yikes.

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The Diabolic (The Diabolic, #1) Book Review

The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book has got to be one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. Although this series is nothing like TOG, I have connected with Kincaid’s writing, characters, and plot. In my mind, Maas is the Queen of fae and Kincade is the Queen of outer space. The plot is excellent, the main character is utterly unique, and the worldbuilding is perfect. I can’t wait to read the next book in this series. If you haven’t delved too deeply in sci-fi, give this book a try, its well worth your time and the audiobook is superb.

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slip

everybody has love but I have nothing

i am weak, drained of every ounce of love.

my life’s blood the greatest thing I offer

pours out of me, overflowing every coffer.

yet when I grasp for a love of my own,

slip.

from my grip.

i am now numb.

a plant hardly watered,

is a plant undone.

beauty and the beast

ive had a long cool down.
lonely but not alone with you around.
out of the habit of loving you
like ive always wanted to.
not sure when i gave up, just kept you in a box
never to be opened up, i kept you on lock.
sometimes peeking with hope in my heart,
only to be bitten by your intemperate maw.
you were insecure, anxious, afraid and unpredictable,
i was passive, accommodating, patient and faithful.
everything that i am crushed under this weight,
buried down deep in the waste of your wake.
you were a beast, could i be the beauty?
surely i am flawed, building walls for security.
but its not your fault entirely, we’ve identified the imbalance.
prognosis and remedy giving you this last chance.

Philly Dreams

philly skyline

I’ve been asked, “If you could live anywhere, where would it be?”

Hands down, every time, it’s Philly. I fell in love with this city in 2002, when one of my college girlfriends invited me to stay with her for Thanksgiving break. A Cali girl, all sunshine and smiles, left her heart in the City of Brotherly Love during that trip. And let me tell you, it wasn’t a gentrified trip with tours and lattes. I was in the hood okay? North Philly, corner stores, hoagies and a lot of interesting characters. My friend took me to her old high school where, for the first time ever, I saw metal detectors in a school. Like really? Where am I? But it was great, looking back I am so glad I have these memories.

But in 2004, my love for Philly got really real. I’d become a Christian the year before, and “discovered” CHH (Christian Hip Hop). Guess where my fave artist at the time was from? Philly of course! Ambassador and Cross Movement introduced me to lyrical theology and I fell deeper. I remember the day exactly, Universal City Walk, at one of those CD stores (lol) and I picked up, “The Thesis”. CHANGED MY LIFE.

ambassador

At some point I decided that I wanted to go to bible college for my Masters, and with the support of a good friend, we went on tours and talked to her pastor who graduated from the university I was considering. Obviously that didn’t happen BUT, the greatest contribution Philly gave me is my husband, Rob. But that’s a story for another time.

Hey Philly, I just want you to know…I love you.