A blog about books, the publishing world, and maintaining ultimate litness.
For the longest time, I’ve dreaded the inevitable poetry unit in classes. Since that was my only exposure to poetry, I suppose I’ve dreaded reading poetry in general. But over the past two years, poetry has started to creep into my life to the point where I’m reading and writing it almost daily. Despite this […]
I remember when I was a freshman or sophomore in high school and I had a tiny little planner with tiny little entries and I about burst with frustration. It was just too small and it made me feel like I couldn’t think properly. I was stuck at boarding school so I couldn’t just go […]
What comes to mind when you think of ancient literature? Stuffy poets? Propagandic epics? Characterless nationalism? I personally think of works like The Aeneid, The Iliad, and The Odyssey. If any of you read my review on The Aeneid, you know that this genre is, well, not my favorite. And if you are anything like […]
Over the past decade or two, people have made a lot of progress in de-stigmatizing poor mental health, but it’s had the unfortunate consequence of sensationalizing mental illness, particularly depression. Now, depression is often portrayed as tragically beautiful, as a personality trait, or even as trendy. This can lead people to think that they need […]
A part of me thinks it’s silly to rank a book so unquestionably influential, so bound to the context of the time it was written. But alas, I have opinions, tempered with all due respect to the great fathers of literature. Just as a disclaimer, I have read The Aeneid before, and I probably would […]
A historical fiction novel that portrays the power of books and is filled with an intellectually diverse cast of independent women? Yes please! The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes follows Alice and Margery, two women who belong to the Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky—an initiative between 1935-1943 that focused on delivering books to those in […]
Brief summary: Pretty Girls follow Claire and Lydia, two sisters who are still trying to heal after their older sister disappeared 20 years earlier. When Claire’s husband is killed, the two estranged sisters are brought back together as the world unravels around them and disastrous secrets come to light. This book is disturbing. Truly. And […]
Ah, this is my Dostoevsky, the Dostoevsky I know and love after reading Crime and Punishment. I know that The Brothers Karamazov is largely considered to be Dostoevsky’s best work, but I can’t help but feel it is a departure from his other works. While some may deem that a good thing, I prefer Crime […]
Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone was a very quick read; I think I finished it in a day and a half. At first I thought I wouldn’t like it, because it started out as another unrealistic high school drama, which isn’t my thing. That unrealistic aspect carried on throughout the novel, but it’s […]
Below are the books that I want to read in 2021, in addition to the books I’ll read for class and any other books I read impulsively. I’ve never planned out a TBR list at the beginning of a year; I usually just read what I want when I want, but since I didn’t read […]