I love all kinds of book and television characters: heroes, villains, the straight man, the genius, the fool. But what I love more than anything — what makes my little heart go pitter-patter — is a well-rounded, kickass heroine. They’re not always easy to spot, so when I find one I love her immediately, and…
6 Ominous(Ish) Gothic Novels To Read For Halloween
Gothic novels are chock-full of haunted castles, mustache-twirling villains, damsels in distress, dashing heroes, and supernatural elements of all shapes and sizes. If you’ve read Bram Stoker’s Dracula, you’ve read what most contemporary readers call “Gothic.” But Stoker was actually late to the genre party; Dracula was published in 1897, while the first true Gothic…
2014 End of Year Book Survey
2014 has been quite a year, and not necessarily a good one. I’m so excited that it’s finally the holiday season, and that I have some time to look back over my reading for the year. I’ve read fewer books, but more of them have been excellent than ever before. Best Books in 2014 1….
2014 State of the Blog and Wrap-Up
Another year, another State of the Blog. Time to look back…and forward. First, the basics Books read in 2014: 52 (9 since 10/1) Pages read: 17,452 (3,004 since 10/1) Books reviewed: 49 (11 since 10/1) Books not enjoyed: 7 (3 since 10/1) Books not finished: 3 (0 since 10/1) Library books: 11 (4 since 10/1)…
2013 State of the Blog and Wrap-Up
Did December sneak up on anyone else this year? My reading dropped off pretty significantly since October, but then again it always does. The holiday have been a great time to relax, see family, and get all mine and Best Friend’s astonishing amount of possessions into our new place, and I’m looking forward to 2014….