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  • Why I Sometimes See the Movie Before I Read the Book

    Why I Sometimes See the Movie Before I Read the Book

    My friend, Michaela, at The Ardent Biblio recently talked about reading War and Peace for the first time. If you aren’t aware, War and Peace is considered one of the best books of all time written by the most prolific writers, Leo Tolstoy. However, it was originally written in Russian, is over 1400 pages long, and it takes place during…

  • My thoughts on Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

    I’d made an early resolution recently to be a better non-fiction writer and committing myself to my voice and my writing. I want to do a better job sharing my experiences with the world through rhetoric. I want to be armed with adjectives and poetry to help me share what I see. I know it’s…

  • The new trailer for A Wrinkle in Time is out and words can’t express my emotional state

    You guys. You ladies. You all. I have so many feelings about the teaser trailer for the new A Wrinkle in Time. Scratch that, I have so many GREAT feelings about the teaser trailer for the new A Wrinkle in Time. Because I’m not a book tuber, I have to resort to gifs to express…

  • My initial thoughts on Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale

    Ooooh lawdy, I’ve got thoughts on this one. A few posts back, I talked about my adoration for Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale and the premiere of this show. Now that the show’s been out and circulating, I took some time over the past week to watch the three episodes currently available on Hulu. I.…