Christine Gabrièlle

Michael Zapata: The Lost Book of Adana Moreau

So, I have no idea what synopsis I was looking at, but The Lost Book of Adana Moreau had nothing to do with Adana Moreau living in a parallel universe and having to decide to come back to her own Earth [insert nervous laugh]. She did write a book about parallel universes, though. And, unlike…

Christine

February 22, 2022

Book Talk, Review

book review, books, fiction, literature, Lost Book, Michael Zapata, reading, The Lost Book of Adana Moreau, writing
Lost Books and Twelve Tribes — My February Reads

For the past two weeks, I’ve been slowly reading a book I borrowed from my local library via Overdrive—The Lost Book of Adana Moreau by Michael Zapata. I’m only about halfway through (63.3% according to the app’s progress meter) because I neglected my reading on several occasions last week, and the story has so many…

Christine

February 15, 2022

Book Talk

alternate realities, books, fantasy, fantasy books, fiction, literature, Michael Zapata, parallel universes, reading, sci-fi, sci-fi books, science fiction, The Lost Book of Adana Moreau
Does Anyone Else Get Triggered by Notifications?

So, I’m currently on this social media break, right? Well, I’ve been trying out some of the fancy new features on the S21+, including Bixby Routines and Focus Mode, so I set a focus mode to specifically keep IG and Snapchat locked and had it running for the first few days of this month. All…

Christine

February 8, 2022

Personal

Black authors, Black books, Black history, Black Literature, blacktea, books, chai, chai tea, fiction, literature, Personal, reading, social media, social media break, writing
New Desk, a Social Media Break, and a Month of Loving on Myself

Hello February and Happy Black History Month! I posted on Instagram a few days ago, reminding myself that painted desks aren’t paint-proof. You see, I recently upgraded from a small glass desk (it was an office entryway table in a former life, and by “former life” I mean “at my old property management job”) to…

Christine

February 1, 2022

Personal, Related Things

Black authors, Black books, Black history, Black History Month, Black Literature, books, fiction, Personal, reading, social media break, writing
Kiese Laymon: Long Division

Well, that took a lot longer than I thought it would. Have you ever read a book that seems to be getting a lot of praise and talk about how good it is and then, once you’ve finished the book and are unimpressed, feel like you’re missing out on some secret everyone else is in…

Christine

January 25, 2022

Book Talk, Review

Black authors, Black books, Black Literature, book review, books, fiction, literature, Long Division, reading
My First Book Signing

It’s funny how we have ideas in our heads about what we want and what we will or won’t do and how we so often end up doing things we said we wouldn’t or not doing things we said we would. When I started seriously working on the publishing process for Discovering My Outside Voice,…

Christine

January 11, 2022

Book Talk, Personal

Black authors, Black books, Black Literature, book signing, books, Clermont, Clermont Fl, Discovering My Outside Voice, fiction, first book, Florida, Florida authors, literature, local author, Outside Voice, reading, self published, selfpublishing, short story, Sunshine Book Co, writing
Hello 2022

Well, Happy New Year! It’s been a few weeks since we’ve been here. I hope you enjoyed the holidays and are doing well. My holidays were fairly low key and restful and now I’m ready for some new things. I’ve got some pretty big goals for the next few months, and one of them is…

Christine

January 4, 2022

Update

books, fiction, literature, new year, reading, writing
Let’s Rest

This year has been full of challenging and wonderful things. From dealing with my mental health to self-publishing my first book and going on a family vacation like I haven’t been on since I was a kid… we’ve done a lot this year. And with so many new and exciting challenges coming up in the…

Christine

November 30, 2021

Update
Gratitude

Can we take a second to appreciate a short work week? We had a great time on vacation, but I got almost no sleep because I can never sleep in strange beds, so I’m still playing catch up with my Zs. Our administrative assistant is out all week so I’m back to doing both our…

Christine

November 23, 2021

Book Talk, Personal, Related Things

Black authors, Black books, Black Literature, Book brunch, Book Talk, books, Brunch boxes, Brunch picnic, first book, first time author, literature, reading, self care, selfpublishing, writing
My First Bookish Event

The past couple of weeks have flown by! We had our Zoom party this past Saturday night, and it turned out well. I had little idea about how to host a fun book release zoom party, but I think I did okay. Only about half of those who registered attended, but the smaller group made…

Christine

November 16, 2021

Book Talk, Personal

books, Discovering My Outside Voice, fiction, first book, first time author, literature, Personal, reading, selfpublishing, short story, writing