Vulcan Nerve Pinch

This page is dedicated to Sonequa Martin-Green, the first woman of color to play the lead in a Star Trek Franchise. Each month I will explore things about the fascinating character they call Michael Burnham. Michael Burnham uses Star Treks classic Vulcan Nerve Pinch in the first episode of Discovery. She may not be the first woman to use the…

She’s Not Adam

Transferred around the third marking period to Somerset Academy High, Amanda felt like an introvert during biology class. The few friends she did have, that she could talk to, were in Ohio, a thousand miles away. Shutting down her Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook accounts at the advice of Marilyn, her mother, added to the loneliness a teen could feel, magnified…

A Man Called Ove – by Fredrik Backman

What could readers learn about a book titled, A man called Ove? After reading, I felt it touched on life experiences, love, hatred, and great loss in death surrounding the man called Ove. Such a broad scope of emotions was dealt with in a light hearted way, with laughable moments at times, helping us through the tough issues. Overlapping timelines…