I visited the Lake View Cemetery in Seattle to see the graves and discover the stories contained within.
Looking for Stories in Seattle’s Lake View Cemetery
The Seattle Bucket List
We're started the Seattle bucket list of things I need to do before I leave. Have we missed any must-do activities?
The Little Sugar Mouse
My most memorable childhood story is The Little Sugar Mouse by Enid Blyton. It's a story of what the toys do after you go to sleep.
How to Fracture a Fairy Tale by Jane Yolen
How to Fracture a Fairy Tale by Jane Yolen is a retelling and modern update of 28 stories.
Deogratias: a Hutu boy in the Rwandan genocide
The graphic novel of Deogratias by Jean-Philippe Stassen is released and tells the story of a teen boy in the Rwandan genocide.
Gotta Get Back to Melbourne
Yes, it's official. I'm moving back to Melbourne for university. I have some urgent questions I need answered before I fly back.
Not Quite a Review of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
Hank Green's debut YA novel, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is released. There are a few randomly funny things. Not really a book review, but kind of a book review.
How I’ve read 103 books this year and only paid for three
Yes, it is possible to read a lot of books this year and not break the bank. Here are the places I get free books.
Dear Evan Hansen: the Novel
Broadway's Dear Evan Hansen has been converted to a beautifully written novel by Val Emmich. It's deep, and dark: everything a musical isn't.
Time traveling in The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain
Carly's unborn daughter has an incurable heart defect. Well, incurable in 1970. Diane Chamberlain's The Dream Daughter is time travel and love.
Reading Eleanor & Park for Banned Books Week
It's Banned Book Week so I'm reading Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell: a story of laughter, tears, awkwardness, and young love, and loss.
Why We Must Read Banned Books
It's Banned Books Week - my favorite! I love reading and experiencing stories from lives and places to teach and help me understand different.
Switching Places in The Pretender with Katie Ward
The poor girl from an abusive home switches with the princess struggling to understand her role in Katie Ward's The Pretender.
Living in a divided Germany in The House of a Thousand Eyes
Who can Lena trust in 1980s Berlin, when she's a cleaner for the Stasi and her uncle is missing? The House of a Thousand Eyes is a new novel by Michelle Barker.
The City Girls Visit The Farms
We hit the Whatcom County Farm Tour and went to visit the farms with flowers, and pigs, and cute baby cows.
Living in Trump’s America
What's it like as a white Australian-American female living in Trump's America? Here's what it is for me.
A Key to Treehouse Living
William Tyce shares his knowledge of life in a glossary style guide. Except he's a a boy without parents, who grows up near a river in the rural Midwest, inadvertently shares his life story.
I’d Rather Be Reading – Blog Tour
Anne Bogel's I'd Rather Be Reading is a gift book of essays from her, a devoted reader, to other devoted readers everywhere.
How to Write Personal Essays Using The Byline Bible
Susan Shapiro shares of knowledge of writing personal essays and being paid and published with her new book The Byline Bible.
What I Learned Reading Darius the Great is Not Okay
I learned new things about Persian culture, Iran, and Star Trek reading Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram.
