When it comes to a book, why should it’s trappings, whether it be romance or horror, hold it back from being great literature? Is it merely perceptual or an actual reality? After reading this book, I am heavily leaning toward the former. Continue reading
There are some who don’t care for Virginia Woolf’s books. Especially her stream-of-conscious narratives such as The Waves. However, besides writing novels, she was a prolific critic and essay writer. One of her most famous is A Room of One’s Own. It is this essay, and many others, that make me wonder why they aren’t more highly regarded outside of academia. Continue reading
A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb (2005) Young Adult Fiction, 288 pages Graphia Books an Imprint of Houghton Mifflin Co. Read for the Triple 8 Challenge Plot: In the class of the high school English teacher she … Continue reading