by SMThornton | Jan 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
When the winds of change blow hard enough, the most trivial of things can turn into deadly projectiles. -Despair.comMy original plan for this post was to list every book I read last year, but there are 54 of them and I’m feeling lazy. Instead, I bring you...
by SMThornton | Dec 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
We writers always talk about fiction- all the stories we write and novels we read. But I really, really like a good bit of non-fiction every now and then. My favorite non-fiction tends to be memoir and biography. Here’s a smattering of books from my list this...
by SMThornton | Oct 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
I don’t normally do book reviews, but I waited months to read Gary Corby’s debut novel, The Pericles Commission and it was FABULOUS! I devoured it as fast as I could- definitely a five star read!Here’s the scoop:A dead man fell from the...
by SMThornton | Oct 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
My daughter has big plans to go on Splash Mountain and Thunder Mountain Railroad in December when we visit Disneyland. Granted, the monkey is only going to be four, but she meets the height requirement for both. However, based on my Space Mountain debacle, I plan to...
by SMThornton | Aug 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
People disappear when they die. Their voice, their laughter, the warmth of their breath. Their flesh. Eventually their bones. All living memory of them ceases. This is both dreadful and natural. Yet for some there is an exception to this annihilation. For in the books...
