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Chronicles and Coffee:
A Brew of Sports
Chronicles and Coffee is a women-created and produced sports media platform, offering fresh, reflective, and grounded perspectives on the games, athletes, and stories that shape our world.
Olivia Brooks is a graduate student working to express her personal brand through Chronicles & Coffee by producing articles, photography, podcasts, and her writing and publication portfolio all in one space.
Originally a website based around the written word and any genre of books and writing, she is now honing in on sports photography, sports media & research, and all in between.
Welcome to the portfolio blog!


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Book Review - The Gathering by Ezekiel Kincaid
Book Review - The Gathering; The Dreadful Death Book 2 by Ezekiel Kincaid Today’s book review is a follow-up to one I have done so with...
Olivia Brooks
Nov 25, 20222 min read


Book Review - Starlight Jewel by E.L. Lyons
Book Review - Starlight Jewel by E.L. Lyons Gifts of the Auldtree Book One Today’s book review is in my favorite genre… fantasy....
Olivia Brooks
Nov 22, 20222 min read


Preptober & NaNoWriMo Writing Plans!
Hi everyone! Welcome back to the blog! This post is all about my plans for the next two months and how I am paving a path for my writing...
Olivia Brooks
Sep 29, 20222 min read


Book Review - The Fleshmarket Vampire by M.T. O'Neill
Book Review – The Fleshmarket Vampire by M.T. O’Neill Welcome to another review, this one is a most pleasant story I am excited to talk...
Olivia Brooks
Aug 16, 20222 min read


Book Analysis – Secret Santa Society by S. R. Kramer
Book Analysis – Secret Santa Society by S. R. Kramer Merry Christmas is all I want to shout after reading this book! Without a doubt, you...
Olivia Brooks
Nov 6, 20212 min read


Books I Picked To Read This Month
First off, I cannot believe it is the last day of October! I just started this blog in September, and successfully have posted every day...
Olivia Brooks
Oct 31, 20214 min read


Book Analysis – Canned Coffee and Kimonos by Tom Fitzmaurice
Book Analysis – Canned Coffee and Kimonos by Tom Fitzmaurice For today’s review, I have a much longer book both physical length and story...
Olivia Brooks
Oct 30, 20212 min read


5 Ways I Plotted My First NaNoWriMo Story
This year is my first time doing NaNoWriMo. Through all of the youtube videos, crash course blogs, and twitter posts surrounding the...
Olivia Brooks
Oct 29, 20212 min read


Book Analysis – Avala: Spirit of the Mindscapes (Book 1) by Caleb Teal
Book Analysis – Avala: Spirit of the Mindscapes (Book 1) by Caleb Teal For today’s book review, I will be speaking on a book full of...
Olivia Brooks
Oct 27, 20212 min read


Novel Insights: Main Character
Everything You Need to Know About Lucy Knox Lucy Knox is the main character in my soon-to-be novel. The title is still in the works, so...
Olivia Brooks
Oct 24, 20213 min read


Book Analysis – The Arc of Dacicus by Charles Edward Williams
This book, set in Rome and the Roman Empire age, was a delight to read. This book involved so many characters, the first introduced being...
Olivia Brooks
Oct 18, 20213 min read


Book Analysis - Colours of a Cultural Chameleon by Shakti Hannie
This is a book of many worlds in one. From a first-person point of view, you as a reader will feel like you are traveling across the...
Olivia Brooks
Oct 17, 20212 min read


NaNoWriMo Synopsis: Project V
As a participant in NaNoWiMo 2021, I have been planning and plotting a story for the past month. This vision of a story has been in my...
Olivia Brooks
Oct 15, 20213 min read


Staying Motivated During the Holidays
The busiest time of the year is creeping up both holiday and school-wise for me. This only means it is probably about to get super busy...
Olivia Brooks
Oct 12, 20213 min read


Book Analysis - The Wrong Turn by Tracey Chizoba Fletcher
Chike, the main character of this story, is the representation of many real-life thoughts. This boy feels worthless, meaningless like he...
Olivia Brooks
Oct 9, 20212 min read


Book Analysis - Entanglement by Alina Leonova
This is a novel full of twists, turns, and unexpected events to say the least. Cay, the main character in this story, is introduced right...
Olivia Brooks
Oct 8, 20213 min read


An Aspiring Writer's Key Takeaways from "100 Ways to Improve Your Writing" by Gary Provost
This book is short and to the point compared to others I have been reading, and I thoroughly enjoyed it because of that. With a help book...
Olivia Brooks
Oct 7, 20214 min read


Book Analysis- Talia: Heir to the Fairy Realm by Joel C. Flanagan-Grannemann
Bastille, a human. Talia, a fairy. Such a good mix of mortality and fantastical creatures that is not seen very often. Talia is a very...
Olivia Brooks
Oct 5, 20212 min read


Book Analysis - 'Once Upon a Lane' by Duncan Wilson
The majority of this analysis is going to be based around characters in this book because so many are introduced and overall contribute...
Olivia Brooks
Oct 4, 20213 min read


Analyzing Books Rather Than Just Reading Them
So if you follow along with my blog at all, you’ll see that I have started to implement book reviews to my posts. However, I do not...
Olivia Brooks
Oct 3, 20213 min read
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