The Bees Knees

I have no idea how many people in this class write just for fun, but I sure know I do! Often I’m writing something that never gets finished, but something I’ve noticed about my writing is how it changes.               My writing style changes depending on my mood, the way I want the story to go, and so on, but it also changes slightly based on books, stories, or podcasts I’ve read/listened to. For instance, I was once making a chapter book but every time I felt like that was the end of the chapter, I checked how many pages it was and forced myself to write more. Then, I found a book where it was a new chapter every few pages, then it was every 20 pages, then it was one page, and I realized that I didn’t need super long chapters. If I said that was the end of the chapter, well that’d be the end of the chapter even if was just one page.               Then I...

 TV Girl has become one of my favorite musical artists since the time they first blew up on social media. They have had quite a few popular songs, like "Not Allowed", "Blue Hair", and "Lover's Rock". However, only one of those is from the album in which we will be looking at today. (The songs will not be in album order because as I was writing these, I realized I had my Spotify on shuffle ;-;) 1. Taking What's Not Yours This song was the song that made me want to write this review. The instrumentals, the lyrics; everything about this song flows so nicely and smoothly throughout the entire song. This song is about breakups and how hard it is to separate the memories from the emotions behind them; how hard it is to forget about the good times you had together.  Some of my favorite lines include: "Like a Roman Coliseum |  A dry and worthless monument to our love" " You know where to find me |  And I know where to look" Overall, thi...

by Sophia Chen As a reader, I dabble in several different genres (mostly fiction though), and in each genre I've explored, there are inevitably some good ones and some bad ones. On this blog I've mainly focused on realistic or semi-realistic fiction, but I thought it would be nice to recommend some books of other genres, for the folks who aren't into that. So, without further ado, my favorite books in a few different genres: 1. Historical Fiction - Stacey Lee,  Under a Painted Sky It's difficult to choose a favorite book out of the ~400 I've consumed over the years, and so I ordinarily avoid the question when it pops up in conversation. One definite contender, though, is Under a Painted Sky  by Stacey Lee -- more specifically, the audiobook version. I first read Under a Painted Sky  while rifling through my sister's stack of library books (I had a penchant for stealing from her when we were younger; I really don't know why). I couldn't tell you what abou...