Connieann's Corner: The Oaks Mall (Gainesville, Florida), Dead Malls of America & A Brief Hi...

Welcome to Connieann's Corner

Rest your fingers for a while, lean back, and relax. I've been writing for a few years and have had short stories published in ezines , print magazines, anthologies, and a couple Chicken Soup For the Soul books (The Cat Really Did That? and Running for Good). I'm currently working on a memoir that includes some of the stories available here on my blog.

I live in North Central Florida. I hope you will read a bit, and we can get acquainted.

When I hit a block in my writing, I turn to art. Although not very good, it gives me great pleasure, and I can get "lost" in it just like I do in my writing.

So grab a cup or a glass of whatever rocks your boat and nose around a bit. But don't waste too much time because today only comes once, and I know you have important things to do.

Currently Reading....

The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett
Backbone by MT Adams
The Dry by Jane Harper
Native Son by Richard Wright
Second Self by J.W. Robotaille
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
What We Keep by Elizabeth Berg
The Cabin by Natasha Preston
Midwives by Chris Bohjalian
Nora Webster by Colm Toibin
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
The Sleepwalker by Chris Bohjalian
The Nix by Nathan Hill
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian
Never Caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar
The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
On the Road Again by Sue Coffman Dudley
Blooms by Terri Depue
The Whistler by John Grisham
The Guest Room by Chris Bohjalian
Stepping on Cracks by Hugh E. Suggs
Gray Mountain by John Grisham
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
Woman No. 17 by Edan Lepucki
It's Always Something by Gilda Radner
Nutshell by Ian McEwan
Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso
The Saint of Lost Things by Christopher Castellani
The Dream Lover by Elizabeth Berg
Fern by Marie Rogers
The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls
Natasha: The Biography of Natalie Wood by Suzanne Finstad
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Untamed by Will Harlan
Mrs. Poe by Lynn Cullen
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
Alaska by James Michener
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
Blood, Bone and Marrow: A Biography of Harry Crews by Ted Geltner
The Watchman by Robert Crais
Suspect by Robert Crais
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler
Defending Jacob by William Landay
The Leftovers by Tom Perrotti
The Winter Horses by Philip Kerr
Follow You Home by Mark Edwards
Trust Me: Voices from the South by J.W. Robitaille
Dead Wake by Erik Larson
A Childhood by Harry Crews
Bastards by Mary Anna King
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
The Blue Moon Cafe Anthology edited by Sonny Brewer
The Bride and the Buccaneer by Darlene Marshall
Bear-Trapped: In a Trashy Hollywood Novel by Wendy Thornton
Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
Etta Mae's Worst Bad Luck Day by Ann B. Ross
The Sacrifice by Joyce Carol Oates
The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy
Dream When You're Feeling Blue by Elizabeth Berg
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
The Morning Light by Ann Moore
Girl Waits With Gun by Amy Stewart
God Help the Child by Toni Morrison
The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud
The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee
Solomon's Oak by Jo-Ann Mapson
The Girl On the Train by Paula Hawkins
The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz
Room by Emma Donoghue
Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
The Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Bird in Hand by Christina Baker Kline
The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
Unleashed by David Rosenfelt
Lilith's Brood by Octavia E. Butler
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
Bodies in Motion and at Rest by Thomas Lynch
Felicia's Journey by William Trevor
The Day We Met by Rowan Coleman
The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
How It All Began by Penelope Lively
The Hunt by Robin Ingle
Tyrker's Tale by Robin Ingle
Boys in the Boat by Daniel Brown
Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
Rainwater by Sandra Brown