Characters named Hope
On August 1, 2016 I tweeted: "I get pretty annoyed with female literary characters named Hope." I’m behind on updating this blog so...
The Sisterhood of Austenland
Welp, I’m behind on this blog. Not for lack of reading, just been super busy. One of the best additions to my life in the last two months...
The Importance of YA Novels
The last time I walked through the Young Adult section of a bookstore, my heart fell into my stomach. Not to judge all books by their...
Everyone has a little Jane Austen in their life.
If you've never picked up a Jane Austen novel in your life, I still believe you will enjoy this book. I can't say this for certain (since...
An independent woman in the Italian Renaissance?!?!? Oh my.
I recently took a trip to Italy. (Don't worry, I'll include a small photo gallery below.) In the spirit of that vacation, I embarked on...
Z: the "it could be true" story of Zelda Fitzgerald
There are all sorts of ways to write historical fiction (and, really, I love them all). But perhaps the one that is most rare, difficult...
A Quiet Feminism
There's an entire generation of women who are pretty consistently attacked by the feminist movement for having been "content" to "just"...
A Prison Story? A Ghost Story? A Woman's Story.
Fair warning: you will hit a point where you will not want to put this book down. So if you’re like me, prepare for a “stay up late to...
Let's talk about Star Wars.
As I was looking at a decently long wait time to get into Star Wars: The Force Awakens a few months ago, I consulted my former roommate...
You guys, The Bell Jar!
There are those books that everyone reads in school...or at least that the teacher assigns which some people read and others just pretend...
