A Natural History of Dragons (Marie Brennan), Westmark (Lloyd Alexander), and A Wizard of Earthsea (Ursula K. Le Guin)

This months' reading included Red Queen, Magonia, and Poison Study — but everything paled in comparison to Shannon Hale's Goose Girl. 

My 2016 Goodreads goal is 50 books. That means I have to read 1 book per week, all the while writing a book and completing all my freelance work. 

They say that the best advice you can give a writer is to tell them to read. So, I've been frequenting the library these last two weeks, looking for comparable plots or genres to my story. Clariel, by Garth Nix, Scarlet, by A.C. Gaughen, and The Queen of the Tearling, by Ericka Johansen—each of these 3 books introduced me to complex characters, clever writing, and deft plot twists. They also taught me how NOT to write...