A blog about books, the publishing world, and maintaining ultimate litness.
So I know I’ve done a book haul recently, but that was a targeted book haul from ThriftBooks.com, and it is only a coincidence that it so closely coincided with my being in Greensboro over the weekend, where I visited McKAY’s used bookstore. The bookstore is wonderfully huge. I probably spent close to three hours […]
Welcome to another booktube trend! Today I’m listing book tropes that I really don’t like to see in books. When I was doing some research and watching Book Tropes I Hate videos on Youtube, I noticed a lot of them included things that boiled down to genuinely bad writing. I’m going to try to avoid […]
The novel is rife with easily identifiable issues, but it only occasionally distracts from the general enjoyment of reading it. Before we get into the bad (is it just me that always finds the negative aspects more interesting and more fun to write?), let’s start with the good: The book has a Table of Contents […]
I took a dive into Thriftedbooks.com to see if I could find any deals, and I found 5 used books I’ve been wanting for around $5 each. They all arrived in great condition, and I’m super duper happy. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier I’ve been wanting to read this for a while and have been […]
Traditionally, I have decided on reading a book based on the book’s concept and description, not because I recognize the author. Whenever I like a book, I don’t immediately think, “Now I need to read more by this author,” unless the author is a classic author that is widely recognized for all or most of […]
I originally picked up The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera because I saw the title in a used bookstore, and I was intrigued. I absolutely loved the title, and after reading it and gaining context for the title, I love it even more with all of its many layers. This novel is definitely […]
I am drawn to WW2 historical fiction, and the concept of The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer is great. It has both modern and historical POVs, which can be powerful if done correctly, and it has a mystery element. It sounds like it should be right up my alley, but it fell flat. […]
When Oscar Wilde first wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray, he was faced with backlash from critics who may or may not have been familiar with the term “unreliable narrator.” They accused him of writing an “immoral book.” At first, he contested that claim by saying that the moral of the book was clear; in […]
When reading The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, I was constantly annotating the cynical witticisms running rampant through the novel. They were absolutely delightful, and some made me chuckle out loud. The majority of the quotes I highlighted were the sayings of Lord Henry, because even though he could be a bit sexist […]
When people discover the extent of my chocolate infatuation and connect that with my love for writing/reading, they are bound to eventually suggest, “Write about chocolate!” My immediate reaction is always, “How?” My creative ability doesn’t extend to thinking up an entertaining manuscript entirely about a single consumable product. I just really enjoy eating it. […]