“I AM HAUNTED BY HUMANS.” I’d give the film adaptation a 3.5 out of 5. If it weren’t for that last third, I would give it a higher rating because I did enjoy it and it is a wonderful film. If you’re at all interested here is the link for the first fifteen-ish pages I wrote […]
Read More REVIEW: “The Book Thief” (2013)Sometimes a little sacrifice is a healthy thing…
Read More BOOK TAG: The Book Sacrifice“I’m a Guardian. How do I know that? Because the moon told me so. So when the moon tells you something, believe it.” My rating out of 5: 5 ‘The Guardians’ series is available in both hardcover and ebook formats from Amazon and Barnes&Noble; the first three books are also available as a box set. Personally, […]
Read More REVIEW: ‘The Guardians Series’ by William JoyceBeing in two parts, in which this becomes almost more of an author review via two young adult novels & Both “Eleanor & Park” and “Fangirl” are available in hardback and ebook formats from Amazon and Barnes&Noble. The collected works of John Green, “Romeo&Juliet”, “Special Topics in Calamity Physics”, and “The Book Thief” […]
Read More REVIEW: “Eleanor & Park” and “Fangirl” by Rainbow RowellSo the male gaze wasn’t really considered a thing until around the second wave of feminism in the 1970s, when Laura Mulvey introduced the concept into an essay she wrote on “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.” Aiming specifically to highlight asymmetry of gender power within film, Mulvey stated very specifically that women were objectified in […]
Read More A Note on ‘The Male Gaze’I finally finished! I never thought a book this thin would take me so long to complete… “An Object of Beauty” is available from both Amazon and Barnes&Noble in paperback and e-book format. You can find the hardbacks as well, but you might be buying from outside dealers with whom both those corporations do business. […]
Read More REVIEW: “An Object of Beauty” by Steve MartinLet it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! (Please) Please feel free to comment or do your own tag and send it my way! I’m always up to see what people are saying 🙂
Read More BOOK TAG: The Winter Wonderland BookPastiche is a form of literature — or any other visual art or music — that celebrates the style or character of the work of a different author via imitation. While it can often be used in a generally tongue-in-cheek, jocular manner, more often than not the pastiche is meant to be respectful towards the […]
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