Book Review
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A Whimsical, Booklover’s Adventure Story: The Summer of Permanent Wants
There is a certain pride an author feels in their ability to take a reader to another place, whether real or imaginary. Other authors do…
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Review of Wychman Road by Ben Berman Ghan
It’s an age-old question, one that has embedded itself in the consciousness of humanity for as long as we can perceive, and that dares us…
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We’re Walking in the Air: Tracing the Snowy Tracks of Sentient Snowmen
“We’re walking in the air, we’re floating in the moonlit sky.” (“Walking in the Air” from The Snowman, 1982) From The Snowman (1978, 1982), the…
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The Never-Melting Magic of The Night Circus
Some books are best read under specific conditions. Some must be read while you’re in a certain mindset or at a particular point in time.…
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Dreams are Made in the Trenches
In November, it’s hard to forget. Now I don’t mean your keys or your economics quiz; those still slip our minds with regularity. No, as…
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After Alice: Beyond the Rabbit Hole
How many characters from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland can you name off the top of your head? It’s alright if you can’t name them…
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Emily Carroll’s Horror Spectacle: Why I Checked Under My Bed That Night
“Unsettling” is a common word used to describe Emily Carroll’s graphic fiction these days, though perhaps it is given unjustly. “Unsettling” seems to skim the…
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Literature Versus Television: Survival Across Mediums in The 100
This post contains spoilers. Within six months of the publication of Kass Morgan’s debut novel The 100, the CW Network announced the making of a television…
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The Magic of Dual Art Forms in Howl’s Moving Castle
This piece contains spoilers. Whether it’s character depth or stylistic choices, the book most often surpasses the movie. Naturally, this is because there is…
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Skeptical of the Hype: A Review of Andrew Pyper’s The Demonologist
Andrew Pyper’s The Demonologist follows Columbia professor David Ullman’s journey from skeptic to believer as he searches for his kidnapped twelve-year-old daughter. As a highly…
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