6 Illustrations of How Setting Works in Literature
In its most basic meaning, setting in fiction refers to the time and place in…
How I Review Novels
Thanks to these two bloggers for sponsoring the annual Blog Discussion Challenge: Nicole at Feed…
12 Novels That Changed How I Read Fiction
Thanks to these two bloggers for sponsoring the annual Blog Discussion Challenge: Nicole at Feed…
#TopTenTuesday: 10 Memoirs That Taught Me the Power of Life Stories
Today’s topic for #TopTenTuesday is comfort reads, “books or kinds of books you turn to…
2 Novels About Communities
These Women by Ivy Pochoda Harper Audio, 2020 Narrated by: Bahni Turpin and Frankie Corzo…
Announcing Life Stories in Literature
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15 Years Ago on Notes in the Margin
For the first installment of this undertaking, I focus on this post from May 29,…
Flow
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience HarperCollins, 1990 ISBN 0–06–092043–2 Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Finding…
My Top 5 Novels of All Time
Every December 31st I sit down with the list of books I read that year…
Gothic Elements in Shirley Jackson’s “We Have Always Lived in the Castle”
Gothic literature features characteristics such as magic, mystery, chivalry, horror, clanking chains, ghosts, and dark…
5 Effective Multiple-Perspective Novels
“There are many reasons I love novels with multiple narratives. In novels where the events…
Why I Blog
Looking over some blogging resources recently reminded me that the first question would-be bloggers are…