Review: Hasty Corporeal Ink

Happy poetry month! My friend Lisa Cooper published this book last November and I am so excited to share it with you. She is a phenomenal poet, and I am amazed at the number of forms she can write in. I have read a couple of her poems in the past, which can be found …

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Review: Jane Eyre

This was one of those classic books I avoided due to its length. I also didn't think I particularly cared for Gothic literature. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized these were silly excuses. I'd read all of the Wheel of Time series and I really enjoyed Frankenstein. Plus, an online …

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Shakespeare’s Macbeth: Favorite Soliloquy

It is April! Do you know what that means? It is National Poetry Month! Also, Shakespeare's birthday is at the end of this month. And last, but not least, my next book, a commentary on Shakespeare's Macbeth, will be available soon! I am very excited. This commentary has been in my mind for a while, …

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Poetry: Shakespeare – Sonnet 106

For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.

Review: When Christmas Comes

I have recently come to enjoy the mystery genre, and since I already enjoyed Klavan's Another Kingdom series, I decided to read When Winter Comes as well. This book is neither like Another Kingdom nor Agatha Christie. Klavan is an intriguing writer; no two books (or series) of his I have read have been alike. And yet, I can see the …

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