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December 10, 2019

That’s a Lot of Reading

Written by Courtney Posted in Poetry Comments 0

I read a lot, over 200 books every year. This year I’m going to set a new personal record for the number of books read, but I don’t yet know exactly what that number will be – I’ve still got

November 25, 2019

Routine

Written by Courtney Posted in Poetry Comments 0

Every Saturday and Sunday starts the same: I wake, walk and feed my dog, drink my coffee, and then head to the gym for an hour-long workout. This routine is repeated every Saturday and Sunday and I rarely deviate from

January 3, 2018

Best Books of 2017

Written by Courtney Posted in Poetry Comments 0

Last year I read 179 books and I honestly thought that was the most I could possibly read in a year. Then, at the beginning of December 2017 I realized how close I was to reading 200 books…but it would

July 28, 2017

New Poems & A Reading

Written by Courtney Posted in Poetry Comments 0

Exciting news – I’ve got six (SIX!!) new poems up at Vending Machine Press, check them out! I’ve also got a new one up at Babe Soda. And I’ve got a poetry reading coming up! I’ll be reading at Word

January 25, 2017

52 Weeks of Poetry

Written by Courtney Posted in Poetry Comments 0

At the end of December I posted my favorite reads of 2016. When I posted the link on Twitter someone asked that I provide a list of the 54 books of poetry I read last year. My goal had been to

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Best New Poets 2012: 50 Poems from Emerging Writers

by Matthew Dickman

My goal for 2015 is to read more poetry and find more poets I love so I picked this up from the library. Unfortunately only one poem really stood out to me, Why My Mother is Afraid of Heights by Shevaun Brannigan. The rest were okay but ...

Word Alchemy

by Lenore Kandel

This was the first book I read in 2015 when I stumbled upon it while renting a house with friends over NYE. It was an interesting read with a few nuggets but not enough to warrant a great rating from me. Some of the poems seem to be tryi...

The Book of Summers

by Emylia Hall

Perhaps my favorite part of this book was that the plot twist was truly a surprise - often I guess what's going to happen and while that's not necessarily a bad thing, it's also nice to be surprised once in a while. =)

by Evan Mandery

The premise of this book is fantastic - an older man travels back in time to tell his younger self not to marry the love of his life, a woman named Q. The younger self follows this advice and when the future life doesn't turn out as hope...

Post Marked

by Mark R. Trost

I decided to read this book for two reasons: 1) at that time it had 12 5-star reviews on Amazon, and 2) it was free. Given it's high ratings and no cost I simply had to read. Sadly, I was nothing but disappointed with this book. The cha...