Before I started reading Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, I took off the book jacket and placed it on the coffee table. I didn’t want that image anywhere near my bedroom,…
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.
Dots: A ranking or, Yes, I did just write 500 words about a candy only I like
For a very, very belated Spinster Aunt’s Day Gift my niece, Jaycie, got me a big yellow bag filled with tiny boxes of Dots. It’s a fabulous gift. I love Dots. I especially love Dots…
Not a bad way to spend two hours
David Levithan’s novel The Lover’s Dictionary, is long on concept and short on content. In his first novel for grown ups, Levithan tells a romance alphabetically using the definitions of certain words to explain the…
Cutting the cable: one week later & I’m almost ready for a paradigm shift
So last week I made the big plunge into a world without cable television. That is a bit of a exaggeration because I still have basic cable, but only because it’s cheaper to have cable…
Still remains
Despite my best efforts to avoid the anniversary of 9/11 by drowning myself in “Felcity” reruns on Netflix and graphic novels, Paul Simon wormed his way into my willful ignorance. “The Sound of Silence” holds…
A++ even without the automatic ‘Mats’ mention mark-up
I cried when I finished reading Brooklyn, Burning by Steve Brezenoff. While I’m generally a crybaby, I wouldn’t need to use my toes to count how many times a novel has made me cry. But…