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Alicia Brown

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Category: fun books

fun books, memoir, reading, workshop, writing

What I’m Reading: Let It Bleed

I’ve been a huge fan of Pamela Des Barres since I read “I’m With the Band” at age 15, and in recent years, I’ve had the good fortune to meet her in person and participate in her writing workshops. So […]

April 30, 2017by Alicia Brown
fun books, holidays, humor, memoir, news, novel, reading, words, writing

Musings on life, death, and the immortality of words

We interrupt this regularly scheduled “Taran Wanderer” chapter recap to reflect on the news events of this week – specifically, the deaths of Carrie Fisher (and her mother, Debbie Reynolds, a day later) and Richard Adams, author of my favorite […]

December 29, 2016by Alicia Brown
fun books, reading list, teens, YA

What I’m Reading: The Age of Miracles

Karen Thompson Walker’s The Age of Miracles starts with a very simple premise: what if the rotation of the Earth slowed slightly so that the days and nights gradually became longer and longer? Walker tells the story through the eyes […]

March 7, 2016by Alicia Brown
Atlanta Writers Club, body image, fun books, habits, reading, self-help, writing

What I’m Reading: Shine On

It’s not every day that I’m reading a book and suddenly up pops a mention of me, right there on the page. But that’s exactly what happened while I was reading Claire Cook’s “Shine On: How to Grow Awesome Instead […]

February 29, 2016by Alicia Brown
fantasy, fun books, prydain recaps, YA

Recapping Prydain

I recently started a new full-time work contract, which hasn’t left me much time for writing – or reading, for that matter. Given (or despite?) my limited amounts of free time, I’ve decided to try something a little different on […]

April 6, 2015by Alicia Brown
fun books, Great Books, novel, reading, teens, writing, YA

Why I Love YA

As those of you familiar with my blog already know, for someone with a master’s degree in English, I’ve read appallingly few of what the world considers important books, or Great Books. There are several reasons for this, but the […]

January 6, 2015by Alicia Brown
body image, fun books, reading, short stories

What I’m Reading: The Middlesteins

More a collection of linked short stories than a novel, Jami Attenberg’s “The Middlesteins” paints a family portrait from a number of different perspectives. Each chapter is told from the POV of a different character, among them matriarch Edie, a […]

October 13, 2014by Alicia Brown
fun books, humor, reading

What I’m Reading: Artful

I’ve had a soft spot for “Oliver Twist” ever since I played a small role – that of Charlotte, the undertaker’s slatternly daughter – in my high school’s production of the musical “Oliver!” So when I saw “Artful: A Novel” […]

September 25, 2014by Alicia Brown
chick lit, fun books, humor, memoir, reading, self-help, teens, writing, YA

10 books that had an impact on me

These are not necessarily my “favorite” books, but 10 that have a special place in my life for various reasons. Presented roughly in the order in which I encountered them: The Outsiders. The book that made me believe I could […]

September 3, 2014by Alicia Brown
fun books, reading, teens, YA

What I’m Reading: Why We Broke Up

Daniel Handler’s “Why We Broke Up,” a birthday gift from my brother, took me two months to finish — not because I didn’t enjoy it, but because it’s so dense, with pages-long stream-of-consciousness passages consisting of carefully chosen phrases that […]

June 4, 2014by Alicia Brown

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