Tag Archives: books

Addy Kraz and the Case of the Stolen Cookies

Posted on June 16, 2023 by Ryn PB

“Meet me at the Orange Julius” was the mantra of our junior high years. Before Dijon O’Reilly got a job at Juice Stop and Kiera Moore became a vegan, the three of us would come from our different middle schools—Dijon … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, Fiction Short Stories | Tagged auntie anne, bakery, bffs, bojack horseman, books, candy, cookies, crush, diane nguyen, fake books, fake fiction, food court, friends, hardy boys, hot dogs, indian food, ivy tran food court detective, junior high, kiosk, life lessons, mall, middle grade, middle school, mystery, nancy drew, nonbinary, nostalgia, orange julius, series, shopping mall, short story, stealing, suspects, thief, toy, toys, tweens, writing | 1 Comment

Swimmers

Posted on May 15, 2023 by Ryn PB

In the beginning, the universe was a pristine lake. The spirits of gods and creatures and angels swam in the void together, content to ride the waves and ripples created by their fellow Swimmers. The Swimmers didn’t need to see … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, Fiction Short Stories, stories | Tagged angels, anxiety, books, creation, creation myth, creative, genesis, gods, humanity, lakes, life lessons, mental health, myth, origins, spirits, spirituality, stories, swimming, universe, water, writing | 1 Comment

April 2023: Underrated Songs and (Mostly) Underrated Books

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Ryn PB

This month has been a wild ride for me emotionally, so I haven’t set aside much time to think or write about life. However, I am determined to keep to this schedule I set for myself, so I whipped up … Continue reading →

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What Do You See When You Read?

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Ryn PB

When you read a book, a movie plays out in your mind, a vivid moving picture created entirely by the collaboration between your mind and the author’s words. Until recently, I thought this was a total exaggeration. No way people … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era | Tagged adaptations, anxiety, aphantasia, art, book nerd, books, bookworm, education, films, hangeul, knowledge, korean, languages, learning, life lessons, linguistics, memes, mental health, movies, reader, reading, spanish, words, writer, writing, written word | 3 Comments

Something’s coming…

Posted on February 12, 2023 by Ryn PB

And that something is Another New Era for As Cool As Mint Ice Cream! Writing about what I’m reading, while fun, has made reading more stressful than I’d like it to be. Thinking about Maggie Stiefvater’s concept of “plot bunnies” … Continue reading →

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October 2022: How I got locked in a cemetery with the undead

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Ryn PB

What I Got: Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater Word Origins and their Romantic Origins by Wilfred Funk The Manticore by Robert Davies Men, Ships, and the Sea (National Geographic) by Capt. Alan Villiers & other … Continue reading →

Posted in polysyllabic spree, stories | Tagged books, bookworm, cemetery, colson whitehead, graphic novels, graves, gravestones, halloween, LGBT+, life lessons, one piece, pandemic, pirates, plague, reading, spooky, the maze runner, the walking dead, undead, walking dead, world war z, zombie literature, zombies | 1 Comment

September 2022: How I finally chilled out and read a normal number of books during a month determined to bury me

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Ryn PB

What I Got: Oh My Goddess!: On a Wing and a Prayer by Kosuke Fujishima and translated by Alan Gleason & Toren Smith …and the Chinese cliffs emerged out of the mist: Perception and Image of China in Early Photographs … Continue reading →

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August 2022: How I gave myself homework even though I’m not in school anymore

Posted on September 1, 2022 by Ryn PB

What I Got: Heartstopper, Vol. 3 by Alice Oseman Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby What I Read: Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead (ARC) by Emily Austin Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli and translated by … Continue reading →

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June & July 2022: How I got the world’s most popular virus (but at least COVID waited until after Pride Month)

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Ryn PB

What I Got: I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman This Winter by Alice Oseman Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman Heartstopper, Vol. 1, 2, & 4 by Alice Oseman Solitaire by Alice Oseman I Want to Die but … Continue reading →

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May 2022: How May showers bring June rainbows

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Ryn PB

What I Got: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson Café con Lychee by Emery Lee De Profundis by Oscar Wilde Zone One by Colson Whitehead The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake What I … Continue reading →

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