Killed off for Character Development

 Hello Blog Readers,      In this past month I have picked up new books to read but haven't had much time to sit down and read as I'm most of you can relate to. I've spent a lot of time at my computer which means I'm also listening to a lot of music. This month in particular I've been listening to the The Tortured Poets Department by Taylor Swift that has recently come out. So, for this blog post I would like to share and analyze some of my favorite songs off of The Tortured Poets Department.     The Tortured Poets Department - This songs immediately intrigued me because it has the same title as the album. I truly love the rhyme scheme that is presented in this song with a steady beat throughout the song that makes this song feel really natural. My favorite lyric in this song would have to be, "And who's gonna know you like me" because I think it shows a deep relationship between two people that I think lots of people can relate to. 8/10     Down ...

My potentially happy readers, the school year is nigh and this is the last blog cycle! I'm doing something different for my last blog post and ranking my favorite 10 blog posts that I've read this year, and there will be spoiling, I suppose. Although it will probably be harmless? I'm not sure what kind of warning to include, but here be dragons... just because.               For my last blog post, I wanted to write something different from all my other book reviews. Thankfully, Miranda suggested this topic, and I was pretty much instantly on board. Just a disclaimer, all of these opinions are very VERY subjective and honestly it feels like my standards change every time I look at the list I have compiled. I'm so proud of us as a class for getting through with these blogs and keeping it up this entire school year, and I enjoyed all the blog posts mentioned here for unique and different reasons. With that out of the way, l...

There’s this account on Instagram called @raeganspoetry that I follow. She’s pretty well-known on TikTok too and maybe you know who I’m talking about or have stumbled across one of her videos before, or maybe not. But I like watching her short reels, they always fill me with comfort and at least a temporary sense of joy. She films almost everything on what seems like her bedroom’s floor. It’s often dark and the camera quality isn’t great. Not terrible though, just enough to create a casual and lofi ambiance. The audio quality of her recordings isn’t extremely crisp or professional sounding either. It’s just a teenage girl, sitting in the corner of her closet, using her phone to record the poems she wrote, wanting to share them with the world. ^raegan's book ^raegan Raegan recently published a collection of about 200 poems, neatly packaged in a petite book, full of simple doodles and aesthetic designs to match each story. My mom bought it for me a few weeks ago after I had expressed...