Blog: Charlotte Brontë vs. Jane Austen – What Does it Mean to be Real but not True?

Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë are two of the greatest female authors to have ever lived. Charlotte Brontë, having been born a year before Austen died, was familiar with her work and famously said of Pride and Prejudice in a letter to George Henry Lewes in January 1848: “Miss Austen being, as you say, without 'sentiment,'... Continue Reading →

News: If You Don’t Think That There’s a Gay Agenda in Your Kids’ Books, Think Again.

I know that in yesterday's post, I said I would do more content on the God-awful Millie Maven trilogy, but that has been put on hiatus for the time being because there's something more important to talk about than Millie Maven. Yesterday, me and my mom were doing a mother-daughter day and decided to go... Continue Reading →

Blog: Happy Valentine’s Day. Let’s Talk About How to Write a Romance.

As you guys know, I am not the type of person who likes love-triangles or many other lovey-dovey type tropes in books. However, I’m not completely heartless; I still enjoy a good love story now and again in a book when it’s not completely contrived. So let’s talk about how I think a romance should... Continue Reading →

Blog: Female Authors Aren’t Being “Infantilized” by the Publishing Industry. They’re Doing it to Themselves.

Recently, I ran across a channel on YouTube run by a woman named Elizabeth Wheatley and for those of you who haven't watched any of her videos, she's a fantasy/romance author who penned the Dandreth's Assassin series and generally makes videos promoting her book and talking about the genre she's in. At first, I really... Continue Reading →

Blog: Common Book Tropes I Can’t Stand

Yesterday, I wrote a post about how modern books are becoming incredibly tropey and how annoying those tropes have become. After writing that post, I started thinking about the tropes that I hate and compiled this list. While some of these are tropes that I hate in general, I would just like to say that... Continue Reading →

Blog: Why Are YA Novels So Tropey?

I was at lunch the other day with my cousin at a restaurant when our conversation switched from school to books, particularly young adult novels. While I haven't read a lot of young adult novels since I was 14, my cousin has and it's something that I have been thinking about ever since. Why are... Continue Reading →

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