Long and Short Reviews is hosting a weekly blogging challenge for the year with weekly prompts. It seems like such a fun idea so I'm going for it! I love prompts that spark writing--even if it's challenging or hard--so I'm excited to give it a try this year. You can find the prompts here! Week 2: What would I do with a million dollars? At first glance, this question seems easy, right? Vacation! Pay Debts! Shopping! Shoes! (Seriously, give me ALL the shoes)
But the more I think about it, I think experiences are what I would want. The "adult" part of my brain chimes in with investing or paying the mortgage or put it into retirement but those are already part of life. Sure, a chunk of my very real dollars could go to those things to satisfy the "responsible" part of my brain, where the rest would struggle with what experiences to choose from. Here are eight ideas that come to mind that could help spend that dough: 1) Donate/help out schools. They ALWAYS needs more supplies and too man teachers use their own money for their classrooms. 2) Buy a dog park and save all the dogs. We got a rescue dog three years ago and he changed our lives forever--these dogs are so grateful for a chance at life and every time I snuggle him I wish I could save all the dogs. 3) Straight up get a Beauty and the Beast inspired library. Ladder and all. 4) Go on a two-week trip to New Zealand and Fiji. Camp, backpack, and experience everything they have to offer. (Both are on my bucket list) 5) Visit all seven continents. (Honestly, I'd love to visit Antarctica) 6) See all my favorite artists in concert. 7) Travel to every MLB stadium in the US 8) Buy all of my favorite 3-Wick candles from Bath and Bodyworks. I don't think that list would equate to that much money...but it's a good start when I win money someday. What about you? What would you spend a million dollars on?
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Long and Short Reviews is hosting a weekly blogging challenge for the year with weekly prompts. It seems like such a fun idea so I'm going for it! I love prompts that spark writing--even if it's challenging or hard--so I'm excited to give it a try this year. You can find the prompts here! (I know I'm three days late, but better late than never!) Week 1: Books that need a Prequel The entire Harry Potter series. (If you know me, this is pretty on brand to be my first pick, LOL). I would LOVE to read about a young Dumbledore, or Hagrid, or Harry's parents when they were in school.. Even Ron's parents. There are so many different adventures they could go on and my grabby hands would want to read all of them. What kind of shenanigans did they get into? What was life like for them? I guess these books don't need a prequel, but I'd love them to have one! I am Pilgrim, by Terry Hayes. This is one of my favorite books of all time, actually, and the back of the book is as intriguing and daunting as the story. I mean, one look at this and I had to read it. "A breakneck race against time…and an implacable enemy. An anonymous young woman murdered in a run-down hotel, all identifying characteristics dissolved by acid. A father publicly beheaded in the blistering heat of a Saudi Arabian public square. A notorious Syrian biotech expert found eyeless in a Damascus junkyard. Smoldering human remains on a remote mountainside in Afghanistan. A flawless plot to commit an appalling crime against humanity. One path links them all, and only one man can make the journey. Pilgrim." This story could use a prequel as the author drops clues and hints of the main character's life before, just snippets of it, and I think there is huge potential to have an entire story (if not a couple) of how the character got to where he was in Pilgrim. Behind Closed Doors is a dark, twisted, amazing story that kept me up and night because the ending is just...(no spoilers, but holy shit) The premise is this: the perfect marriage or the perfect lie. The main characters are two people: one version in public, and one version behind closed doors. We get to see the journey the characters go on but, it is a dark and at times, so messed up, that I almost wish there was a prequel to see WHY and HOW a certain someone got to be the way they did. It couldn't happen overnight, right? People don't just decide to be psychopaths. It's gripping and sick and it's been months since reading and I still think about this book (in the best way). So yeah, if there was a prequel to this, I'd read it so fast. Do you have any stories that you wished there were prequels for?
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