https://youtu.be/kwXfu_iDL3I When I picked up Jane Yolen's Briar Rose, I did not fully realize how hard it hits. I knew I'd wanted to read this book for a long time, but I'd all but forgotten the conceit at its core--rather than your run of the mill retelling of Sleeping Beauty, Briar Rose frames the centuries-old... Continue Reading →
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller—Book Review
I finished Joseph Heller's Catch-22 many months ago -- I've kept pushing the review further and further off because this is one of the classics, it's loved by many, disliked by some, downright hated by a chosen few. I find myself decidedly in the camp of the first, as this novel illustrated the absurdism of... Continue Reading →