Summary Leon, a cautious seventeen year old who recently relocated from New Jersey to London, must go on the run with his younger sister, Grace, and their mother, when a virus outbreak sweeps across Europe before engulfing the rest of the world. The plague kills with impunity, turning its victims into mush before integrating their … Continue reading Review: Plague Land
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Reading Update: The Pain Behind Dark Comedy
Hello and good evening! I hope you're having a good night and enjoying it in the loving company of either yourself or those closest to you. In mulling over what I said about my current readings last Saturday, I encountered some deep personal feelings about the pitch-black comedy of David Foster Wallace. I used words like "hilarious" … Continue reading Reading Update: The Pain Behind Dark Comedy
Reading Update: From YA to Verbal Gymnastics
Greetings! I apologize for uploading this blog post two days behind my set schedule. I took some Me time Thursday to make ravioli from scratch with friends, then go to the movies. We went and saw Ghost in the Shell, and I was blown away at how faithfully the live-action adaptation followed the first two anime movies … Continue reading Reading Update: From YA to Verbal Gymnastics
Unseen Threats: Reading Bird Box
Tension. The very act of tensing up, sitting on the edge of my seat, dreading the hiss of that next page flipping over, is something I haven't experienced in quite a few years. Tonight, I'm happy to say that I've rediscovered the genuine thrills of reading a well paced, taut, and character-driven novel. I started … Continue reading Unseen Threats: Reading Bird Box
Marching in Formation: When Rabbit Howls
In my hiatus over the past two months, I've made some incredible discoveries in my master's program - and also careened into some of the most difficult obstacles. Detached supervisors. A high volume of faculty turnover. Recurrent and complex grief. But one book in particular has helped raised me out of my nadir, and that is When … Continue reading Marching in Formation: When Rabbit Howls
Infinite Jest: The Fall of Entertainment
"In the Show they'll get all they want of being made into statues to be looked at and poked at and discussed, and then some. For now they're here to get to be the ones who look and see and forget getting looked at, for now." "But even you call it 'The Show.' They'll be … Continue reading Infinite Jest: The Fall of Entertainment
Infinite Jest: My Final Push
On my 21st birthday, my dear friend Navroz Kwatra gifted me perhaps the greatest literary challenge of my life: Infinite Jest. This is David Foster Wallace's earth-shaping magnum opus, a literary voyage about addiction, prestigious tennis players, and political hilarity. This is one gargantuan tale. For the past four years I've danced on and off … Continue reading Infinite Jest: My Final Push
The Power of an Apropos Post
Good Saturday readers! First off, I would like to admit something important: my blogging skills have become somewhat rusty in my last few months of absence. Sure, I would like to blame it solely on my time in grad school, but the truth is that I have allowed myself to completely slip away from a … Continue reading The Power of an Apropos Post
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
First impressions: My first time immersing myself in a work by Benjamin Alire Sáenz. Sleepwalking through life. That's what I feel like I've been doing since my dad passed away. Then I walked the aisles of Barnes and Noble a week ago. Plucked this book out of its forgotten corner of the shelf. I smiled at … Continue reading Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
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