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Humbert Humbert and . . . Dexter?
I’ve watched Dexter since its first season. If you don’t know, it’s the Showtime drama about a serial killer who rather methodically and ritualistically murders bad guys who have slipped through the...
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Frankenstein : Mary Shelley’s Novel of Ideas
I first learned about the origins of Frankenstein last October when I read the annotated Dracula, which provided a history of the vampire story. When weather dampened their vacation in Geneva,...
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Desperate Remedies : Thomas Hardy’s First Novel
Desperate Remedies was Hardy’s first foray into novel writing, and while it isn’t nearly as good as his later work, I don’t think it was a “false start” as some suggest. Hardy wrote his first novel to...
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Literary Blog Hop : Analyzing Literature
The Literary Blog Hop is a monthly meme hosted by the gals at The Blue Bookcase. This month’s question: To what extent do you analyze literature? Are you more analytical in your reading if you know...
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Quarterly Retrospective : looking back, looking ahead
At first glance, I have to admit to a twinge of disappointment at my raw number of books read, but as I looked over my list, reread some of my posts, and reflected on my overall experience, I’ve...
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A Place for the Personal in Literary Exploration
Every now and again, a discussion pops up about whether or not an exploration of “self” has a worthwhile place in a discussion of literature, and especially in literature reviews, or if it’s more...
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The Great Gatsby : can’t buy me love
It’s hard to know what to say about a novel that’s so often referred to as “…a timeless classic….the Great American Novel…” It’s just as hard to see it that way when most of the characters in it are...
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A Blogging Manifesto . . . sort of . . .
At least several times per year it seems, there’s a post which sparks some debate about the nature of book blogging, what makes a good book blog, or if there’s a better/best way to blog one’s thoughts...
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Top Ten Tuesday : Quotes from Books
Hosted by The Broke and the Bookish I keep a handwritten “Common Book,” if you will, of my favorite passages from literature, so I quite enjoyed perusing it this evening to pick out ten of my...
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My Top Five Summer Reads
I’m pretty sure that not too long ago I said I was going to stop making lists because I never stick to them . . . but apparently I can’t help myself. It’s too much fun to think about the...
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