Jhohadli -Antiguan and Barbudan Writer Joanne C. Hillhouse.
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Jhohadli -Antiguan and Barbudan Writer Joanne C. Hillhouse.
2d ago
As I type this, it’s already Saturday but I’m going to make this post a First Line Friday anyway (shout out to Reading is My Superpower). As I type this, I’m also on day 2-3 of a cold or flu, again. I feel like I just beat this weeks ago but here I am sneezing ..read more
Jhohadli -Antiguan and Barbudan Writer Joanne C. Hillhouse.
1w ago
Trying a new book blog meme I came across at Words and Peace. It’s Books are my Favorite and Best’s Six Degrees of Separation. As I understand it, you start with an assigned book and link up other books connected to that in some way. Do I have that right? This week’s starting book is ..read more
Jhohadli -Antiguan and Barbudan Writer Joanne C. Hillhouse.
1w ago
I found out this week that John Amos died…in August (?). I mean, 2024 already has a high body count of celebrities who were on the TV in my early growing up years (e.g. Louis Gossett Jr., whose Fiddler from Roots and drill sargeant from An Officer and A Gentleman are enduring early memories; James ..read more
Jhohadli -Antiguan and Barbudan Writer Joanne C. Hillhouse.
1w ago
Have I been reading? I just finished Demon Copperhead (audio book) and added my thoughts to Quick Reviews 3. Having documented my reading struggles, a couple of times this week, I haven’t gotten any further in anything else…except this Creative Colouring: colour these beautiful illustrations and soothe your mind adult colouring book. Don’t judge me ..read more
Jhohadli -Antiguan and Barbudan Writer Joanne C. Hillhouse.
2w ago
Ever have those days when you’re reading the words but nothing is registering?… That. I’m up to page 322 of Private Eyes by Jonathan Kellerman, which means I’ve covered almost but not really one additional page since my last Reading Journal of a book I’m actually enjoying ..read more
Jhohadli -Antiguan and Barbudan Writer Joanne C. Hillhouse.
2w ago
It’s one of thoes pain all through my body mornings. I remember when I first started having chronic pain issues, I’d wake up and there would be a blissful few moments of no pain; then my brain would catch up with my body or something, I guess, and my body would be on fire. It ..read more
Jhohadli -Antiguan and Barbudan Writer Joanne C. Hillhouse.
3w ago
Two reading journals in a day. Does this mean I’ve finished a book? yes, Mr. Loverman by Bernadine Evaristo, my second book completed this September after Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower, and I’m at page 105 of, i.e. mostly finished with, Geoffrey Philp’s My Name is Marcus, but I mostly wanted to do Stacking ..read more
Jhohadli -Antiguan and Barbudan Writer Joanne C. Hillhouse.
3w ago
He offers her a smile but she keeps her face blank and observes him coldly, as though he were not standing in front of her but happening instead on a television screen that she can switch off whenever she chooses. – p.93, Crossing Over, Ann Morgan Though I had set this aside several books ago ..read more
Jhohadli -Antiguan and Barbudan Writer Joanne C. Hillhouse.
3w ago
Listening to this Eve interview, specifically the section where she talks about being dropped by Aftermath before her breakthrough with Ruff Ryders, I’m thinking a few things: 1, I’m going to have to get her book, aren’t I? 2, life is made of second (and third and fourth and …) chances 3, A reminder that ..read more
Jhohadli -Antiguan and Barbudan Writer Joanne C. Hillhouse.
3w ago
Link to new CREATIVE SPACE platform and to the September 18th 2024 installment “CREATIVE SPACE #18 OF 2024: CONSUMER WATCH (CUSTOMER SERVICE ANECDOTES ..read more