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Tag: Books
How Ashamed About Reading YA Books Are You?
Slate.com, that infamous fount of intellectual discourse, published an article yesterday whose gist was that adults who read YA fiction should be ashamed about reading YA fiction. Considering the fantastic stupidity of that argument, Baby […]
The Strawberry Criterion: The Goldfinch
To view The Goldfinch through the lens of the traditional novel is to view an object with one eye closed–as an image robbed of its true depth. Discussions of character, plot, authorial biography and style, […]
The 50 Books I Read in 2012, With The 140-Character Microreviews I Hastily Wrote For Each One, Respectively
I have two perennial New Year’s Resolutions. One is to stop embarrassing myself on this ridiculous blog, grow up, and make something of myself. The other is to read fifty books during the calendar year. […]
Critical Analyses: The Flame Alphabet
As a purported graduate student, I’m supposed to satisfy the requirements of my respective courses. I have four courses this semester and each of them is truly a gas and a half. That’s ten total […]
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