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June Wrap Up
June has come and gone, and it’s still raining. However, it’s hot which somehow makes it a little bit better. It’s finally starting to feel like summer. June was filled with house projects (our 100-year-old wood floors are officially restored!),… Continue reading
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Rain, Rain Go Away
It’s been cold, rainy and miserable here in Western Pennsylvania. For about two weeks now, it’s been in the 50s and just storm after storm after storm. We had my oldest niece’s Sweet 16 on Saturday and the weather was… Continue reading
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WIP Wednesday: Introducing my Novel
I wanted to play with magic in words, wanted to create a world where magic comes from the universe itself. Magic you can taste and touch; magic you can smell and hear. Magic is a gift given to all, not… Continue reading
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Revisiting Panem: Catching Fire *reread*
I didn’t expect to cry during a reread but Catching Fire made me weep multiple times. Collins knows how to work a narrative in this very simplistic but impactful way. It’s like needlework — delicate but intricate. I love it. Continue reading
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Welcome Back!
Welcome back to Life of Bry! It’s been awhile. A long while. Over a year, if we wanna be specific. (Nearly two years?? What???) Continue reading
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All my thoughts: Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare (Part 1)
Analyzing the final book in The Dark Artifices trilogy “Grief can be so bad you can’t breathe, but that’s what it means to be human. We lose, we suffer, but we have to keep breathing.” Magnus bane, QoAaD I’m not… Continue reading
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All My Thoughts: “The Bane Chronicles” by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan & Maureen Johnson
Magnus Bane is an extremely glamorous and very powerful warlock with a storied past. Until now, Magnus has kept the tales of his life a mystery, only divulging minor details to those he trusts most when he appears throughout Cassandra… Continue reading
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All My Thoughts: “Clockwork Prince” by Cassandra Clare (Part 1)
Clockwork Prince ripped my heart straight out of my chest and weakened it for what I’m sure will be a devastating blow in the third and final book. Continue reading
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When the Writer Gets Writer’s Block
Writing has been many things throughout my life. It’s been a fun way to pass time and an escape from reality, a way to express my emotions and a job that made me money. It’s also been a chore and… Continue reading
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Bry’s Book Review No. 1: “The Phantom Tollbooth”
Jumping to Conclusions, fighting off Ignorance and reinstating Rhyme and Reason are more than just figures of speech in Norton Juster’s 1961 classic The Phantom Tollbooth. This witty children’s book, illustrated by Jules Feiffer, took me way too long to… Continue reading
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