I’ve been thinking about translation since a kind reader asked what I thought about a […]
Haven’t I Seen You Before?; Or, Conflicting Thoughts on Using Established Characters
Reading massive amounts of book reviews every week makes it easier to spot tropes. Some […]
Boycott! Why I’m Not Buying Books from Amazon Anymore
In the last few weeks, I’ve seen more and more articles about the condition Amazon’s […]
No Point of View; Or, Extended Thoughts about Witness Narrators
Since writing my review of The Butcher’s Daughter—and really since I finished reading Never Anyone But […]
Magic or Madness? Or, The Genre is in the Interpretation
Usually, assigning genres to a book is not a difficult task. I’m a librarian; we […]
Curb Your Characters; Or, I Take Issue with Truman Capote
An author I follow on Twitter posted the following quote and I immediately wanted to […]
Bookish News I Wouldn’t Mind Never Seeing Again & Bookish News I Will Read Everytime
Now that I’ve spent more than a year writing posts that round up the bookish […]
When Does a Trope Become a Genre?
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a type of story (strangers in buildings) […]
That’s It?!? Thoughts About Bad Endings
Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko (review pending) has been sitting in the stack of books I brought home […]
Oh My God With the Feelings; Or, I Never Got Romeo and Juliet
I don’t have a hard time with unlikeable characters. I can understand curmudgeons. The characters […]