To enjoy Kat Rosenfield’s young-adult novel Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone, you have to buy into the conceit that a pretty, blonde, recent college grad can disappear for two months without anyone raising an…
Posts Published by Jodi Chromey
Everything the light touches is my kingdom. Well, at least where this website is concerned. There's an about me section if you are so inclined to know things. All the posts were written by me. I have a lot of words.
Heavy Metal Boys
The best thing about Gillian Flynn’s Dark Objects is that it allowed me to wax nostalgically about the Satanic Panic of the 80s, a phenomenon I had completely forgotten until this book. I don’t know…
Lit from within by the power of democracy
It snowed on Election Day 1992. I remember this because I had to walk about a mile to the polls to vote. It was my first time voting in a presidential election. Sure, I had…
Overheard at the bus stop
“Hey Mom, I feel like I have a proton pack on my back,” kid with large backpack. “This is probably how it feels to be a Ghostbuster.” “I started being nervous two nights ago,” Girl…