Steve Rogers may be the man out of time, but today we are talking about the woman out of time, Claire Fraser. Claire Fraser is a World War II nurse and, while on her second honeymoon, she is transported to eighteenth century Scotland. There is where our heroine meets laird, Jamie Fraser, the Jacobite and outlaw. Spoiler alert: she eventually leaves Jaime to give birth to her daughter, Brianna, during the 1950s, later to rejoin him in colonial/ Revolutionary America. The vibe that I was going for in the playlist was a combination of music that describes Claire and …
Today, we are diving into S.E. Hinton coming of age novel, The Outsiders. Here’s some music for growing up!
Today Music Monday was created in the lab, pulp paperbacks, and b-movie plots. So let’s go on a science fiction roadtrip! Songs, that I want to bring your attention to besides Rocky Horror, are Daft Punk’s ‘Harder, Faster, Better, Stronger.’ This song has a futuristic beat and tells a dream of the future. Another song is ‘Rock Lobster’ by the B-52s which tells us a different vision of the world, and creatures that work in the night. Featured image via Writerbyte
Bookworm Patricia gives insight on upcoming books in Bookstr’s Three to Read series, where she gives you three book recommendations based off three categories: Hot Pick, Coffee Shop Read, and Dark Horse. This week, we’re featuring: Jane Austen (Editions des Saints-Pères), Claire Legrand (Sourcebooks) and Mary Anna Evans, author of the Faye Longchamp archaeological mysteries (Poisoned Pen Press).
Halloween of 2020 will show a blue moon, and the last time a blue moon occured on Halloween was during the Second World War. To celebrate this celestial phenomenon, we are talking about a literary creature that transforms at the sight of the full moon and who may be undergoing a transformation on the night of Halloween: the Werewolf.
