Originally posted on write & see:
Meeting new people is not always easy. Â If you’re shy, uncertain, subject to more than your fair share of demons and internal dialogue, it can be almost impossible to open your mouth and say hello to someone you know, let alone someone you don’t. Today I sat down at…
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First Read4Review 2015: “Chronicles: The Library of Illumination” by Carol A. Pack
Synopsis from   I would like to thank @CarolPack for providing me with her novel via a Read4Review program and will provide an honest review in exchange. I had to put my children’s books hat on for this piece and really consider the audience the author was targeting. I was a little unsure about the…
LaChouett Blogging 101: Introduce Yourself
Hello all, So, for those who have been following my 10 day old blog you will know me as Virginie (aka LaChouett) and also know that I am a newbie at this new blogging adventure. Like a lot of new bloggers, I have decided to enrol on the Blogging101 course offered by WordPress so…
LaChouett Feature: My favourite books in 2014
Hello all, I have decided to put up my list of favourite reads looking back on 2014 which is when I started this reading journey. Let me tell you first that I am not a professional critique, that I have absolutely no qualifications in creative writing and that I really do not pay too much…
Book Review: “The Moor’s Account” by Laila Lalami
I discovered @lailalalami this past year purely through this novel. I had not read her before. “The Moor’s Account” recounts the story of Mustafa who grew up in Morocco, became a merchant and then a slave during The Spanish conquest of the New World. I know very little about this time in history and…
Holy Ground
Originally posted on Song Title Stories:
I walked across the barren wasteland, holding onto the sheath by my side so it didn’t bounce against my leg and disturb the silence. My footfalls were echoless, my breathing non-existent. When I walked I felt no exhaustion, only emptiness. I looked at the ground as I walked, and…