April Book Review : The Bear and the Nightingale

For a Debut novel Katherine Arden seems she’s been writing novels her whole life.  She makes her world appear around you as if you are dropped into the world. A fairy-tale Russian folklore written in a way that I can’t put my finger on what makes her novel Dynamic other than her magical touch. This novel should be a stable on every teens book shelf. Within a few chapter’s in she had me hooked into her world; I might be having withdrawals until I get my hands on her next novel. She brought a new edge to storytelling, to the table by making the past seem current. Each Character brought in was beautifully tailored to the story-line. Vasya is a strong warrior and stands her ground against anyone. From Anne her crazy stepmother to her strong father. Each one of her siblings are a lining to Vasya strength. Morozo is a key character to the story and I didn’t expect to have a attachment to. I love the fact that religion was brought into the mix as well as magic; it gave the story more depth. Folklore should be written like this for every story to be remembered. Household spirits should exist and be honored like the olden days before our time.At the end of this novel; you will understand who is The bear and the Nightingale. And be left with wanting more from them, quickly.

Her next novel is called The Girl in the Tower.

April Feels> Lost in my head

It seems like, I have been spending my days in meetings or working and staring at screen for hours. I feel like I have nothing to say and at the same time I feel like I more to say at the same time. I spent my last few days lost in my own head to a point that I could be invisible to the world around me. Nothing could hold my full attention long enough to complete anything or even share any work.  I would start writing or editing then I stop because it’s not satisfied my heart or my brain at the moment. I had to walk away from it, I had stop picking up a pen and holding a camera. When I stopped completely, I found out my own head is full of ideas, there things I want to do that might crash and burn but at least I tried them at least once.

Then I went through my writing Notebook and noticed I few too many unfinished pieces that I wanted to complete. Then I went through my new layouts of my blog a noticed I never picked out the one that worked. After that I read through little pages of my unfinished book, All I could think, is," I want this to work out". I promised myself at the beginning of this year; that I would put myself hundred percent first in the sense of work. But If I am being honest I am not doing that and I never have because I care about working and helping my family before myself, always. 

In this moment  all I want to do is prove to myself that I am worth , everything I wanted and If I completely fail , I Know I tried and lived while doing it.  I released that I am the only enemy of my own process and I am tried of that because I know that am worth my dreams and goals to reach the stars close enough to the moon.

- Misread

P.S Don't forget to put yourself first in your own life because you deserve it too!

Poppy Season has arrived

Poppy season beginnings

Poppies are starting to arrive through the earth's greenery surface. The time where fields, hills and mountain sides are filling up with orange and bright colors mixed with the greenery brush. Finding them can be a little difficult in cities but in the countryside things are different they standout like they should be; being they are the California's State flower. In about a week or two there will be to many poppies in the fields to the point where you can get lost in the sea of flowers. I highly recommend going to the countryside and enjoy the fresh air, the sight before you and course take a few pictures.
April 21 to April 22 there will a poppy festival , that you don't want to miss and roam around the many fields and hills you want and eat some yummy food from local vendors.
http://www.poppyfestival.com/index.php

Up close and bright

First field of poppies

Happy Easter to You!

Happy Easter, the season of the growing sun to you!

Today we celebrate as the day of new birth. The day that Jesus was resurrected on the third day of his crucifixion. They saw a hare come out of the tomb afterwards, the hare is important because it is a symbol of purity and the new moon. This day is about renew growth and birth. The Easter flower is a lily, Bermuda white lily to exact; which represents purity and innocence as well. It’s officially the spring season and earth is growing new flowers, the air is different and the birds sing, people around the world are happy.