Imagine you’re a woman in a small Northern town. You win a well-known baking contest and come home. And your life falls apart. That’s Monroe Roberts life. A young woman in the town of Forever Falls returned to find her husband had been sleeping with her cousin. It’s the reverse of the Hallmark trope of … Continue reading Small town life, Big town drama
Month: March 2023
Death of the Author?
For centuries, authors, actors, public media celebrities who were once beloved before they were found to be problematic. With changing landscapes there is always an ebb and flow of these type of people and when that happens, a question is always asked: can the death of the author be a thing, or are there some … Continue reading Death of the Author?
When your audiobook goes Meta
After listening to a few audiobooks that just ripped my heart and tossed my emotions all around until they were shaken and stirred, I wanted to take a breath. Listen to something nice and sweet. Something that was just going to be a nice interlude before I dove into the next audiobook that I knew would … Continue reading When your audiobook goes Meta
The Disappearance of Humanities
In a February article in the New Yorker titled “The End of the English Major”, Nathan Heller talks about the fall of humanities majors around the country. Heller goes to Harvard and ASU to talk with students on campus about why they chose the major they did and not something in humanities. The majority of … Continue reading The Disappearance of Humanities
Mouse's Reading Nook 