Dejunking: The Book that Motivated Me
I’ve been dejunking my house. It is all due to the book For Packrats Only: How to Clean Up, Clear Out, …
Category Archives: Contemporary
Smashing One’s Face Against a Mirror: Lolita
I did it. I finally read Lolita (1955) by Vladimir Nabokov. If you’ve been aware of or following my attempts …
I Noticed Seagulls: Birds and Breast Cancer
I can almost always see seagulls flying overhead. They fly over my house, sometimes so high that I can barely …
Reading Maile Meloy
I first read Maile Meloy’s work through a short story in an anthology I had purchased during my Master’s program. …
Literary Wives: American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Today is the first day of the Literary Wives series! The first book to be reviewed is American Wife (2008) …
World Literature and Othering
As I mentioned in my post on The Kite Runner, I took a world literature class while working on a …
Redemption and Childhood in The Kite Runner
The theme of redemption is woven throughout Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner (2003), number 37 on the BBC book list. …
How Many Oprah Books Have You Read?
I spent my early twenties reading from Oprah’s book club. I found the titles enjoyable, but it strikes me as …
Veterinary Memoirs: All Creatures Great and Small
James Herriot plays uncle to a rich dog in All Creatures Great and Small (1972). It is just one of …
The Desperate Housewives of Literature: A New Blog Series
A few years back, when it was still on television, Desperate Housewives was one of my favorite shows. (I know, …
