“What’s it like to be autistic?” I don’t know. What’s it like to not be autistic? For the non-autistic reader, that’s “normal.” You’ve always experienced the world the way you have, just as I’ve always experienced the world autistically. I don’t know what it’s like to be not autistic, so I can’t say what it’s …
Intro I have to give credit for the idea for this post to Twitter user @RebeccaJBradley who showed up on my Twitter feed with this Tweet: This made me think that it would be fun to go back and reexamine some of my old favorites and how I approached them originally. Because I love doing …
Hello, everyone, my name is Corinne, and I wrote a book! Today, I'd like to tell you a little bit about my book (known as a Work In Progress, or WIP) and officially put out the call for beta readers who want to be the first to read the story and give me feedback to …
An Autistic Perspective by Corinne Morier There is no “right way” or “right time” to use the r-word to describe anything. The r-word I am referring to here is, of course, the word "retard" or "retarded." (The same also applies to other words ending in "tard" such as "libtard" or other terms) The r-word is …
Hello, everyone, this is Corinne, and today I'll be reacting to my bookish goals for 2021. I was going to also introduce my goals for 2022 in this post, but as I was working on this post, it got very long, so I'll probably have to make a part 2 of this post for my …
Hello, everyone, I am Corinne, also known as The Discerning Reader, and today I'd like to talk about some bookish goals I'd like to accomplish in 2021. This is my first time doing a post like this, but I'm hoping it'll keep me on track for the entire year. So what do I want to …
*peeks out from behind wall of anxiety and depression formed by a year of lockdown* First, let's all take a minute to celebrate the end of 2020. Pour yourself a glass of your favorite beverage and raise a toast to surviving the end of the most incredibly stupid and horrible year ever. Okay, now it's …
Well, almost. September 4, 2020 was the two-year anniversary of my first-ever book review, when I reviewed The Friends by Kazumi Yumoto. I've come a long way since then. xD So I thought I'd mark the anniversary with a fun tag. I was originally going to do this tag over on my Youtube channel, but …
Dragonsdale: Skydancer by Salamanda Drake My rating: 4 of 5 stars The story of me picking up this book is a rather long one. Was it last year when I happened upon Volume 2 of this series at the local thrift store?
Reformed: Supervillain Rehabilitation Project by H.L. Burke My rating: 4 of 5 stars Reformed by HL Burke 🦸 Genre: Adult urban fantasy/superheroes 🦸♂️🦸♀️ My connection to this book: I belong to The Naked Reviewers and this was one of our August picks. Burke is one of my favorite authors, though I was not initially interested …
Paladin's Place 