We Are Neither Heroes nor Villains: The Two Towers
I admit it. I don’t really like The Lord of the Rings series, number 2 on the BBC book list. …
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Quivering in Sunday School Because of Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm (1932) by Stella Gibbons and number 53 on the BBC book list is quite the comic novel. …
My Favorite Christmas Books
I just discovered that I’m not a Christmas book reader. I got excited about writing a post for you about …
Myth Busting and Myth Building in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials
A few years ago, my husband and I watched a popular television show. Whenever I tried to explain the show’s …
George Eliot on Marriage, Human Nature, Money, Politics, Religion, Feminism, and Gossip in Middlemarch
Well, that title is quite a mouthful. I should’ve just said that George Eliot covers just about everything in her …
Thank You, Alice Walker, for Rescuing Zora Neale Hurston
I recently read Zora Neale Hurston’s masterpiece, Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937). It is the second time I have …
When I Grow Up I Want to Be Marilynne Robinson
Marilynne Robinson is so smart that I can barely understand her books. Her work forces me to slow down, savor …
The Music of Les Miserables and the Book (I Guess)
Yes, my husband read Les Miserables (1862) before I did. Several years before I did, in fact. When we were …
How to Train Your . . . White Whale?
My only in-person experience with white whales occurred at Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, when a male beluga …
Harry Potter, the Hero Cycle, and Cinderella
Because of my curiosity, I sneaked the first Harry Potter book into an assignment for my Myth, Legend, and Folklore …
