Christine Gabrièlle

Safe

14. Write about a power outage “Are you sure we should be in here Sarah? What if there’s something we’re not supposed to see?” “Yes, it’s fine. Besides, if this stuff was so important, it wouldn’t be locked down here in this dusty old basement anyway. Ooh, look at this!” Sarah grabs Yvonne’s wrist and…

Christine

May 16, 2019

Short Stories

challenge, life, Personal, reading, short short story, short story, short story challenge, short story thursday, writing, writing challenge

When Your Library Doesn’t Have It

So I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before, but I’m trying really hard not to buy books that I can access for free, especially this year. I’m trying to curb my book junky-ism by being really selective about what I decide to buy, and I’ve been using my local library a lot since January. This is…

Christine

May 13, 2019

Book Talk

advice, books, libraries, library, life, literature, reading, things to do

Laundry

31. Write about an odd fear “Laundry.” “Laundry?” “Laundry.” “But why?” “Long story.” “I’ve got time.” “Okay, it’s not a long story. I just don’t want to tell it.” “Why not?” “Because you’ll think it’s stupid and I’m overreacting.” “No I won’t. Promise. Just tell me.” July sighed, resting one elbow on the…

Christine

May 9, 2019

Short Stories

challenge, fiction, literature, Personal, reading, short story, writing

Reading Outside of Your Comfort Zone

Happy Monday all! Answer me this: what is your favorite genre to read? I asked myself this question the other day, and I couldn’t really answer it definitively. I really enjoy Science Fiction, but I mostly just like reading multicultural literature regardless of the specific genre. This started in college. All throughout middle school and…

Christine

May 6, 2019

Book Talk

advice, anthologies, books, fiction, literature, non-fiction, opinion, reading, sci-fi, things to do, true stories

Oyinkan Braithwaite: My Sister, the Serial Killer

I’ll be honest, I was a bit disappointed with this one. It was a fairly quick read, but the chapters were choppy, there were a lot of questions not answered, and, quite frankly, I really wanted one of the main characters to die (is that bad?). So the book is mainly about a woman named…

Christine

April 29, 2019

Book Talk, Review

Black books, Blake Crouch, book review, books, fiction, literature, Oyinkan Braithwaite, reading

Childhood Crush

10. Write about a dangerous obsession. He was my obsession. My first love, if you can call an eleven year-old’s crush love. I followed him around the playground, and called him on weekends, and was seriously hurt when he started “dating” another eighth grader. He was mine, even if I was the only one who…

Christine

April 25, 2019

Personal, Short Stories

challenge, fiction, Personal, reading, things to do, writing, writing challenge, writing practice

Fighting Book Junky-ism

As you may know by now, I love books. I love the way a book feels in my hands, I love that new book smell, and I love flipping through pages as I read. I do have a problem though: I have neither the space nor the finances for every book I want to read.…

Christine

April 22, 2019

Book Talk

advice, books, challenge, literature, opinion, reading

Secret Swimming Spot

11: Write about a secret swimming spot. The water is cool. Clear. Still, almost. Only four people know about this spot, us and them. They found it first, when they weren’t even looking, and knew it would be perfect for us. Of course, since they found it first, and it was indeed perfect for us,…

Christine

April 18, 2019

Short Stories

challenge, Personal, short short story, short story, writing, writing challenge, writing practice

New Book Alert!

Happy Monday yall! Last Monday I told you guys about Children of Blood and Bone and how I wanted more when it ended. Well guess what also happened last week… Tomi Adeyemi released the cover for the second book in the series: Isn’t it magnificent! Now, we’ll have to wait some time before we can…

Christine

April 15, 2019

Update

books, Children of Blood and Bone, Children of Virtue and Vengeance, fiction, literature, new book, reading, Tomi Adeyemi, vengeanceontheseheauxes

The Black Room

I found a post on Pinterest with short story writing prompts. This list is what I will be using to spark my weekly short stories. This week’s prompt: Write about a “Black Room” (note I decided against being creative with the title). * * * I woke up to a knock on the door. I’d…

Christine

April 11, 2019

Personal, Short Stories

Black Room, challenge, literature, Personal, reading, short short story, short story, writing practice