Reading, Writing, and Living Life

One blog post at a time.

Featured Article
  • flash in the pan

    kiss your teethlick away the excess nicotinechase your addictionsreplace them all with meeyes on me darlingfocus upkiss mekiss mekiss me spit your whiskey and shit beer back into my mouthwe can drown togetherbring out the worst in each otherlet our love be expressed in screams and scratcheseyes on us loveburn…

Latest Articles
  • A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose Sutherland – Book Review

    A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose Sutherland – Book Review

    Quick Synopsis – Once a young woman uncovers a dark secret about her neighbor and his mysterious new wife, she’ll have to fight to keep…

  • The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez

    The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez

    Quick Synopsis – Alma Cruz, doesn’t want to end up like her friend, a novelist who fought so long and hard to finish a book…

  • Grief

    Grief

    You exist in a place that only my heart sees and I am forced to wander half waking, half sleeping in this place. You exist…

  • The Swan’s Nest by Laura McNeal – Book Review

    The Swan’s Nest by Laura McNeal – Book Review

    Quick Synopsis – A tender and engrossing historical novel about the unlikely love affair between two great 19th-century poets, Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett. Song…

About Me

I’m Kim, the writer behind the curtain so to speak. I read and review books, write poetry, and sometimes write blogs about my life.