Melody Lee is a New York-based freelance writer who writes about video games for a living and breaks out in hives at the thought of nature. Her biggest role models growing up were Laura Ingalls, Trixie Belden, and Emily of New Moon.
This post is brought to you by A Man. My dad only gets me into the car by promising a trip to Barnes and Noble. I might be 9, but I’m well versed in the art of manipulation and guilt tripping, and as the non-custodial parent my dad is particularly susceptible. All in all, it’s probably a good thing that my tastes run cheap, although he sighs when he sees I’m clutching a copy of the first volume…