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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#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…
Why I Blog
Looking over some blogging resources recently reminded me that the first question would-be bloggers are…
How to Recognize an Unreliable Narrator
Here’s a question that comes up periodically on literary sites: I’m having trouble reading books…
6 Illustrations of How Setting Works in Literature
In its most basic meaning, setting in fiction refers to the time and place in…
The Interplay of Plot and Character in Fiction
Thanks to these two bloggers for sponsoring the 2020 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…
My Top 5 Novels of All Time
Every December 31st I sit down with the list of books I read that year…
Moral Depth in Current Fiction
Introduction I came upon Adam O’Fallon Price’s article The Subjective Mood, in which he laments…
How I Review Novels
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How Narrative Structure Works in Fiction
And How It Differs from Plot Have you ever wanted to yell at someone, “If…