Books, Reviews

Red Dog

What? A book review two weeks in a row? It's almost like this is actually a blog about writing and not just TV shows I like. Huzzah! Last week I read Red Dog by Louis de Bernieres, which might very well be one of the cutest books ever. It is super duper short--I was through it… Continue reading Red Dog

Books, Reviews, SciFi

The Lost World

I read a book! You might not know it judging by how little I've written about them lately, but I'm pretty much constantly reading something (if you want to know what I'm reading right now, there's a goodreads widget on the bottom of my sidebar - let's be friends!). This time, the book I read… Continue reading The Lost World

Art, Books, Characters, Gender, Writing

Female vs. Male Narratives in Cloud Atlas

If you haven't read/seen Cloud Atlas, you've probably at least heard of it (but beware the SPOILERS). I wrote a review of the movie about 9 months ago, when it first came out (it's kind of a disaster, especially in the make-up department), and recently finished reading the book, which is far better than the film (though… Continue reading Female vs. Male Narratives in Cloud Atlas

Advice, Books, Writing

Stories With Terrible Epilogues

Even though I haven't the time or energy due to leaving for Dallas in approximately 18 hours (at the time of writing, which is Tuesday, because auto-posting is a glorious thing), we got another blog pact default this week, which means I am writing a bonus post. Geeee, thanks, Anne! I hope getting your MFA was… Continue reading Stories With Terrible Epilogues

Books, Musing, Rant

Get Off My Lawn

Kurt Vonnegut is one of my favorite writers! I don't know if I have said that yet, but I figured it was a salient point to mention first in this post. I think that Vonnegut is great, and I own like nine of his books or something. I mean, his stories have a tendency to… Continue reading Get Off My Lawn