Announcing Life Stories in Literature
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How I Review Novels
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6 Illustrations of How Setting Works 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…
Gothic Elements in Shirley Jackson’s “We Have Always Lived in the Castle”
Gothic literature features characteristics such as magic, mystery, chivalry, horror, clanking chains, ghosts, and dark…
Moral Depth in Current Fiction
Introduction I came upon Adam O’Fallon Price’s article The Subjective Mood, in which he laments…
My Top 5 Novels of All Time
Every December 31st I sit down with the list of books I read that year…
Reading in Flow
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Looking over some blogging resources recently reminded me that the first question would-be bloggers are…
My Most Surprising Read of 2022
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How Narrative Structure Works in Fiction
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