Faith and Cynicism: Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor

Contains spoilers. It took me about a week to get through this book, but it's really quite short and if you can dedicate some reading time, it shouldn't take very long to finish and get through it. It has good but simple prose- although there are some parts where I had to re-read because it …

Let’s Talk About: The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany

As I mentioned in a previous post, I started to become more interested in classic fiction and I want to read more of it. This includes genre fiction so I did what seemed like just the thing to do and picked up The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany. I mean, it became public …

Outgrowing YA, SFF Burnout, and Trying out Literary Fiction

I've read a lot of Young Adult books over the years. Even before I started this blog, the vast majority of books I read were YA. Now, I'm not sure if the YA age range is for me anymore. Don't get me wrong- I know there are a lot of adults who read YA and …

Let’s Talk About: A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf

I have some mixed feelings about A Room of One's Own. On one hand, I acknowledge how radical it might have been for its time and how profound it's impact was on feminist literature and how we view women novelists. On the other, I did feel like it was limited in the sense that it …

Let’s Talk About: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

The Old Man and the Sea has always been one of those books that I've been meaning to read. I'd think to myself, "Well, it's short and Hemingway is one of those authors you should probably read in your lifetime, so why not?" So I thought I should give this one a go, I have …

[E-ARC] In Dire Need of Reform: Stormsong by C.L. Polk

Title: Stormsong Series: The Kingston Cycle (Book#2) Author: C.L. Polk Publication Date: 11 February, 2020 Rating: 5/5 Stars Links: Goodreads|Amazon Synopsis: Dame Grace Hensley helped her brother Miles undo the atrocity that stained her nation, but now she has to deal with the consequences. With the power out in the dead of winter and an …

My Reading Goals of 2020

Last year, I read more than 95 books which was honestly a staggering amount and it helped that for the first half of 2019, I had a very light schedule as a senior in college. This year, I don't have any illusions of that happening again so I set my goal at 40 books. It's …