Books2013: Who Killed Ty Conn, Linden MacIntyre
I have mixed feelings about this book, but I’ll start with the good. As a journalist, sometimes researcher and freedom-of-information-request filer I am astonished by the amount of detail Burke and MacIntyre found before writing this book. The account follows the life of Ty Conn who was taken into social services at a young age, … Continue reading
Adventure time
Remember when I said I wanted to travel this year? Well that goal is going to be accomplished sooner than anticipated. In February (like three weeks from now) I will be leaving on a four month story writing internship in Zambia and Zimbabwe with Mennonite Central Committee. For those of you who aren’t familiar with … Continue reading
Books2013: The Casual Vacancy, J.K. Rowling
And so I begin to fulfill one of my 2013 goals, to blog about all the books I read this year. Admittedly the first novel is not a work of high literary value, but J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy seemed like a perfect way to start off the year. As the first book in Rowling’s … Continue reading
New year, new goals
The time has come once again to take stock of how well I did on my 2012 resolutions, and to set myself some new ones. I don’t love the pressure often put on New Year’s Eve, the stress of finding something fun to do, the disappointment when it’s not as amazing as expected, or the … Continue reading
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