Readers, I had the best bookish day today. I attended a conference workshop about adapting mythology with THE Madeline Miller. I fell madly in love with Madeline’s writing when I discovered The Song of Achilles six years ago. When I was lucky enough to get an early copy of her sophomore novel, Circe, it became […]

Recently I conducted an Instagram poll asking my followers if they’d rather see a Five Favorites post focusing on retellings of classic literature or retellings of myths. Classics won by the narrowest of margins, but as I sit here writing this post, I’m still pondering exactly what the distinction between these two genres should be. […]

I love big books. In recent years, I’ve made less time for reading longer works because I’m in a constant state of mild anxiety about how long my to-be-read list has gotten. Still, when I do make the time to read bigger books, they not only inevitably prove rewarding, but they often end up on […]

I’m not a huge fan of spooky season. I love the fall, but haunted houses and horror films are definitively not for me. What I do love though is a good eerie setting, and I’ve always enjoyed Gothic novels. Give me a heroine exploring abandoned corridors and opening dusty wardrobes and, I’m a satisfied reader. […]

There seems to be a fairly clear consensus about just what makes a book the perfect “Summer Read” or “Beach Read.” Fall reading, however, means different things to different readers. Is fall for spooky books or cozy books? Fast-paced novels that you can finish in a single fireside session? Or long expansive novels that slowly […]

It’s incredible to me that banning and challenging books is still a thing in 2019, but it still happens all the time. Sometimes a challenge to a book is laughable. 1984, for example, has been challenged for being anti-communist and for being pro-communist; Harry Potter for being overtly occult and for being overtly Christian. Other […]