Join the Haunted Read-Along! Sign up here!The Inklings were a group of Oxford professors and residents who met in the 1930s and 40s to discuss literature, philosophy, and culture. Bibliophiles know the group for its two most famous members, C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. Together, the Inklings changed the way we think […]
Tear-Water Tea: My Search for Authors that I’ve Missed
Get to know these female authors from the 1920s to 1960s, and add some new zest to your reading life with some of their best midcentury novels! Guest post by Michelle Quinn Do you remember Arnold Lobel’s Owl At Home? It isn’t as famous as his Frog and Toad series but it’s my favourite Lobel […]
12 of Literature’s Greatest Antiheroes and Antiheroines, and Where to Find Them
Meet 12 compelling antiheroes and antiheroines from classic literature. You may love to hate them, grudgingly admire them, or shamelessly judge them. Regardless, they’ll have you turning pages to find out how their stories end. Antiheroes are some of the most fascinating protagonists you’ll come across in Bookland, and literature is full of them. That […]
Books to Ignite Your Wanderlust: 12 Books for Armchair Traveling
Travel through books with these novels and travel memoirs to inspire wanderlust! These books will transport you far away to the Swiss Alps, the English countryside, Venice, Iran, and more… Guest post by Kaitlyn Beck Ah summer! A season of sun, fun, and travel. Many of you will be going on well deserved vacations in […]
Classic African-American Novels You Need to Read
These classic novels by black authors explore the African-American experience in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, from pre-Civil War through Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance era through the Great Depression and World War II. Add these fiction classics of African-American literature to your reading list! Do you know what thrills me about classic literature? There is […]
Books Like Anne of Green Gables
These classic books like Anne of Green Gables are perfect for L. M. Montgomery fans looking for more books and series written in a similar vein! Books to Read if You Like Anne of Green Gables L. M. Montgomery made a huge contribution to the girls’ fiction genre when she published Anne of Green Gables in […]
Book Trigger Warnings: An Easy Method You Can Use to Vet Books Before You Read
Trigger warnings for books can be helpful so you know what you’re getting in to before you read. But books don’t come with ratings the way movies do, so how can you get a heads up on content warnings in books? Here’s the method I’ve been using for years to vet books so I don’t […]
13 Unfinished Classics: Incomplete Novels from Some of the World’s Greatest Authors
These unfinished novels were penned by some of the world’s most famous authors, who died before they could complete their manuscripts. Some of these incomplete books had the potential to become masterpieces…unfortunately, we’ll never know exactly how their authors would’ve written the endings! Sometimes an author’s own life story ends before they have a chance […]
Guide to the Brontës: Their Lives and Novels
Here’s a condensed (but still lengthy) introduction to the famous literary Brontë family, in particular the novelists Charlotte, Emily, and Anne. You’ll also find summaries of the seven novels published by the Brontë sisters, so you can pick one for your 2022 Classics Reading Challenge! There’s a little joke in academic circles that it’s impossible […]
Book Oscars: Volume VI
It’s award season! For the books I read, that is. Here are my 2022 Book Oscar picks gleaned from my personal reading log. Out of many contenders, these eight books won awards for their protagonists, settings, dialogue, and more. It’s my habit to look back over the books I logged during the year and select […]
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