Tag: fiction
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I Failed My 2016 Reading Challenge
It seems a combination of the 40-hour (sometimes 48-hour) work week, extra freelance work, and putting some really thick books on my reading list took its toll on my ability to complete my 2016 Goodreads Reading Challenge. As you may remember from last year, I wrote a post about my 2015 victory, which included a list…
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Valentine’s Day 2016: Nicholas Sparks Style
*POST CONTAINS AFFILIATE LINKS What do you do on Valentine’s Day when it’s 21° F but feels like -10 ° F outside and you don’t want your Valentine to get frostbite? Stay inside with a book or a movie! Although his personal romantic life may be a bit of a mess right now, Nicholas Sparks is…
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Books I Want to Read in 2016
It’s a new year, so I’ve got a new list of books I want to read! Honestly, one of the best things about being out of school is the fact that you can read every and any book you want by choice. In 2015 I challenged myself to read 12 books, which I documented on Goodreads.…
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NaNoWriMo 2015: ‘Runaway Girl’ Part 5
This is the last part of Runaway Girl (for now!). I had a lot of fun revisiting this story, so maybe next NaNoWriMo I’ll write another four or five parts. Read the previous parts here. The following weeks consisted of Priya and I searching for a job. “How about modelling?” she’d suggested. “Maybe hand modelling for jewelry and…
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NaNoWriMo 2015: ‘Runaway Girl’ Part 4
This was supposed to be the last part of Runaway Girl, but since there’s one more Sunday in November, and I’ve been getting a lot of views on the NaNoWriMo posts, I’ve decided to make this a five part story! Enjoy part 4! (Read the previous parts here). I got up from the table with an…
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NaNoWriMo 2015: ‘Runaway Girl’ Part 3
Enjoy part 3 of Runaway Girl. (Read part 1 and part 2) It’s been two weeks since I left Bangladesh. I feel so free here in New York. Priya and Greg have taken me to a Broadway show and to a few museums in Manhattan. Everything is so beautiful here. A smile wouldn’t leave my face until…
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NaNoWriMo 2015: ‘Runaway Girl’ Part 2
Enjoy the second part of Runaway Girl! (Read part 1 here) It was only five o’clock in the morning when I tiptoed down the stairs and out the back door of the house. I took one last look at the family photo on the living room table and then I left. I was going to miss this…
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NaNoWriMo 2015: ‘Runaway Girl’ Part 1
I’ve decide to participate in NaNoWriMo this year! The story I’ll be sharing here on my blog is one that I wrote as a Year 1 at Bard High School Early College Queens. The prompt was “family injustice” so I wrote about a Bengali girl whose parents were forcing her to marry someone she has no interest…
The Whisper Box 