The Anxious Author

(PLEASE NOTE THIS WAS NOT EDITING. IT'S LITERALLY JUST THE RAMBLINGS OF A SICK WOMAN AT 3:30 IN THE MORNING) It's 3:30 in the morning here and instead of sleeping, I'm awake, contemplating life and health. I'm not a very healthy person. Every time the doctor asks, "How do you see your overall health?" and I say "Fine" I can hear my inner voice say, "Bitch, please." The hard truth is that I haven't been healthy since middle school. I was homeschooled from preschool to middle school and only didn't graduate a year early from high school because I was held back in home school one year when my mom was sick with my brother. I wasn't the sharpest pencil in the kitchen drawer, but I did okay. And I rarely got sick. I don't remember being sick much as a kid, but being homeschooled by my social circle was small. My friends were our next-door neighbors and the kids I attended church with. There are literally only two times I remember

   Episode 4: Beast Boy (Teen Titans), Kami Garcia Star Rating: 4,  Genre: Graphic Novel (chosen for hat color) and Science Fiction,  Age Level: YA... This was a pretty solid read and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, since Beast Boy is one of my least favorite characters. I like this take on him, though. Seeing a fresh makeover of his origin story is nice and I hope we get to see Tank and Stella in future stories. I’m also eager to see what Wilson an H.I.V.E. are up to.   Episode 5: Mismatch, Lovematch, Megan Derr Star Rating: 5,  Genre: Urban Fantasy, brief High Fantasy elements, and LGBTQ romance,  Age Level: YA... I went into this book expecting a cozy paranormal romance...what I found was much more. This went beyond that. Though it does have paranormal romance elements, this is an urban fantasy story with a high fantasy base. The author has had experience in multiple fantasy genres, including RPGs. I'm hoping she writes more books like this, because if so I'm about

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  Episode 3: Girl Squads: 20 Female Friendships That Changed History Star Rating: 4,  Genre: Nonfiction/Women's Literature,  Age Level: YA+ (Most likely would be enjoyed by adults but suitable for anyone middle-grade and up)... This book is more of a 3.5 but I’ll round up. It’s easy to forget how far we’ve come as women when you’re a white woman in America. This book is a reminder of not only how far women as a whole have come but how far we still need to go. My favorite portion was the story about Ann Bonny and Mary Reed, but I weep for my Middle Eastern sisters. I knew from a former student that some women across the sea still have little rites, but I wasn’t aware just how bad it still is. I mean, when Trump was being elected President a woman was fighting for her right to play music? Wtf! That is sooo wrong.

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 Hello, Souls, it's been a while. I apologize for that. I got out of the blogging mood but I'm trying to get back into it. My goals for this year (2024) include more blog posts, more nonfiction reading, and being mindful of my emotional state BEFORE I go into a spiral.      I've teamed up with two other authors - Patricia Bates and Brandi Gillilan - to bring you a unique book review experience. We're all crafters. We knit or crochet and for every book we read we will create an item (hat, scarf, etc...) to be donated to our local food banks. In December, all items will be donated in hopes of helping cloth those in need.      I will be doing mainly hats, but I'll do random scarves, dish rags, and scrubbers with my scrap yarn. All hats will be color-coded and I'll attach a "Handmade with Love" tag, as seen in the picture below:  I'll also do a video review of each book, which can be found on my TikTok and in the Soul Squad reader group. My plan is t