Alright y’all, let me get one thing out there because it makes me stupidly happy: I share my birthday with the Professor. That’s right: I was born on what would have been J.R.R. Tolkien’s 100th birthday. So, for my 27th… Read More ›
classic fiction
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
I originally picked up this book because it was part of the Penguin Classics miniseries called Legends from the Ancient North, curated because each of the five volumes contributed to J.R.R. Tolkien’s creation of Middle Earth. You may or may… Read More ›
Manga Classics: The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
Hello hello, lovely readers! So: manga. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect when I flipped to the first page (at the back!) of this book. While I’ve read comics and graphic novels, this was the first manga I have… Read More ›
Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Truman Capote
Now, this is another one of those books that I’ve heard about, people have told me to read it, “it’s an absolute classic!” and all that jazz. Naturally, contrary tart that I can be the more people told me to… Read More ›
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, J.R.R. Tolkien
Happy Middle earth March 2018, everyone!! Was there ever a character so beloved, yet mysterious, as the effervescently-odd Tom Bombadil? Admittedly, I didn’t have a damn clue what people were talking about years ago, when the die-hard literary Tolkien fans… Read More ›
A Wrinkle In Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
A Wrinkle in Time is another one of those books that I feel like I have been meaning to read for literally years, since my own childhood, that I just never got around to reading. You know the ones I… Read More ›
The Little White Bird; Or, Adventures in Kensington Gardens, J.M. Barrie
Hello lovely readers! Now, for those of you who may not know (probably most of you, honestly), I absolutely adore the story of Peter Pan. I’ve loved it since I was a small child, and that love has only grown… Read More ›
Grimm Tales vs. Television: Danse Macabre
Here we are at episode 5, season 1 of NBC’s Grimm! This episode is titled “Danse Macabre” (Dance of Death), which gives you a pretty decent creep factor right from the get-go. The opening quote of this episode, for me… Read More ›
Grimm Tales vs. Television: Lonelyhearts
Welcome to episode the fourth of Grimm Tales vs. Television! What we have here is an episode entitled “Lonelyhearts,” which turns out to be far creepier than would appear based on the title. Then again, this is Grimm we’re talking… Read More ›
The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
My dear readers, this is a book that has been a long time coming. A spectacularly long time. I am twenty five, and I feel like I have read this book fifteen years late. But now that I have, I… Read More ›
