Stupendous Me

The Wife Upstairs – Book Review

Rachel Hawkin‘s The Wife Upstairs is a modern take on Jane Eyre by Charoltte Bronte. Jane is a young woman in her 20s with secrets. She just moved to Birmingham, Alabama from Arizona to escape her past. She walks dogs for money in a rich neighborhood called Thornhill Estates. However, Jane is bitter about her…

Books

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows – Book Review

Balli Kaur Jaswal’s Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows follows a class for Punjabi widows that morphed from an ESL class to an erotic creative writing class.

MyLife

The Pizza Predicament

Where to Begin? I’m not sure exactly where to start off this story, but I guess I should give a little background information. I currently live in a very small town in South Korea. There genuinely isn’t much here and our only claim to fame is a filming site for a movie no one watches…

Books

15 Books I Want to Read Again

Does anyone else have this problem where you want to re-read a book, but you feel like you shouldn’t because your TBR (to-be-read) pile is so high and growing every day? Yeah, me too. So many books have been floating around in my head saying “read me, read me” but I’ve been doing my…

SouthKorea

A Day in the Life of a South Korean Middle School Student

I feel like this needs a disclaimer in case someone gets mad at me? I want to start off by emphasizing that I live in a countryside town in South Korea. Experiences in other, bigger towns will differ. My comparisons are coming from my own middle school experiences in a suburban Texas town. Not every…

Books

21 Books I’ve Been Meaning to Read

I frequently get newsletters from different publishing companies and other book websites. I like to get these since it keeps me updated on new and popular books. Recently, I got one from Penguin Random House with a book list called 21 Books You’ve Been Meaning to Read. While I’ve read some of the books, I…

MyLife

Don’t Expect the Worst

Lack of Information One day last month, all the students and most of the teachers went on a hiking trip! Trips and other school events are shared with the teachers through the weekly meetings and through the school messenger system. I’m at the weekly meetings, but I don’t speak Korean. Similarly, I am not able…

MyDogs

Get to Know Tonks

Quick Facts She would kiss your face forever if you didn’t stop her. But her kisses are so gentle, you almost don’t mind. If she is up on her hind legs looking at you, it’s because you have something she wants. Tonks will do almost anything to be pet as a reward. She enjoys sleeping…

Books

My Life with Dogs Illustrated Using 5 Children’s Books

Remus and Tonks… Where to begin? Whoever said “two is better than one” never had more than one dog. My two dogs are the loves of my life and also the bane of my existence. I will now list 5 children’s books that perfectly depict my relationship with my dogs. No, David by David Shannon I’m positive…

MyDogs

Get to Know Remus

Quick Facts Hates oranges, but always wants a piece when he sees it and says “Why would you give me that?? You know I don’t like oranges!” Will put his slobbery toy on your face when he wants to play at bedtime If you say “Where’s your toy?” he will frantically run around until he…