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, …
Tag Archives: Reviews
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 …
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. …
A Memoir of Being a Librarian with Tourette’s
I need to come right out and say that I’m biased about this book. I am friends with the author, …
The Grapes of Wrath Is About My People
I have ancestors—my great grandmother, Alabama Gray (she preferred to be called Bonnie), in fact—who traveled from Oklahoma to California …
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe: An Allegory for Parents
I never read this book as a child. It’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) by C. S. …
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. …
Apparently, I Like Anthropomorphism
I worked as a secretary for several months before I got a new coworker. Janette shared the lobby area with …
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, …
