Essays About Books

On this page find links to my book responses. These are generally not typical book reviews, but rather memoirs and other pieces of writing about the ways in which certain works of literature have made important impressions on me.

The Twi-Moms’ Lament

Three of the Best Books I’ve Ever Read Which Made Me Miserable While I Was Reading Them

I, Too, Am a Rêveuse — Hover over “Essays About Books” under the Hobbies tab above for a subpage entitled “Le Cirque des Rêves,” in which I chronicle 13 months of fandom for Erin Morgenstern’s novel The Night Circus with the Rêveurs Revelation Fashion Project. It was fun while it lasted, but — while I still adore that book — it seems 13 months is a fitting length of time for public fashion tribute. I offer my sincere gratitude to all those who participated with me, around the country and beyond, and I’m pleased to have been able to entice so many others to read and enjoy this book as well.

The Dark Knight Trilogy:  How I Learned to Quit Worrying and Love the Bat (Again)

A Poem, A Lament

Embracing My Inner Goth (part 1)

Embracing My Inner Goth (part 3)

Bringing into the Fold: A Review of Marie Marshall’s Poetry Collection NAKED IN THE SEA

Textu by Fady Joudah: A Lyric in Brief

Witches #1

Witches #2

Whom I’ve Been Reading:  Patrick Rothfuss

Whom I’ve Been Reading:  Katharine McGee

Whom I’ve Been Reading:  Marcus Sedgwick

Whom I’ve Been Reading:  Marissa Doyle

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Women Writers Wednesdays — This series will feature book reviews/responses by women writers about books written by other women, in an effort to showcase some of the valuable contributions to literature made by women.

Women Writers Wednesday 11/5/14 — by Elizabeth Marro

Women Writers Wednesday 11/19/14

Women Writers Wednesday 12/3/14 — by Marie Marshall

Women Writers Wednesday 12/10/14 — by Terri Nixon

Women Writers Wednesday 1/7/15 — by Niva Dorell Smith

Women Writers Wednesday 1/14/15 — by Jennifer Wolfe

Women Writers Wednesday 1/21/15 — by Rita Arens

Women Writers Wednesday 1/28/15 — by Jennifer Waldo

Women Writers Wednesday 2/4/15 — by Geri Lipschultz

Women Writers Wednesday 2/11/15 — by Brenna Layne

Women Writers Wednesday 2/18/15 — by Tria Wood

Women Writers Wednesday 2/25/15 — by Rebecca Burns

Women Writers Wednesday 3/11/15 — by Joyce Thierry Llewellyn

Women Writers Wednesday 3/18/15 — by Catherine Gammon

Women Writers Wednesday 4/1/15 — by Anna Leahy

Women Writers Wednesday 4/8/15

Women Writers Wednesday 4/15/15 — by Christa M. Forster

Women Writers Wednesday 5/6/15 — by Misty Urban

Women Writers Wednesday 5/13/15 — by Betsy Polk

Women Writers Wednesday 6/3/15 — by Carla Jean Whitley

Women Writers Wednesday 6/10/15 — by Jennifer Waldo

Women Writers Wednesday 6/17/15 — by J.G. Lucas

Women Writers Wednesday 6/24/15

Women Writers Wednesday 7/1/15 — by Christa Forster

Women Writers Wednesday 7/8/15 — by Nerija

Women Writers Wednesday 7/22/15 — by Natasha Claire Orme

Women Writers Wednesday 8/19/15 — by Gina Tron

Women Writers Wednesday 9/9/15 — by Jackie Parker

Women Writers Wednesday 9/16/15 — by Mary Lynn Ritch

Women Writers Wednesday 9/23/15 — by Jennifer Waldo

Women Writers Wednesday 10/7/15 — by Iqra Asad

Women Writers Wednesday 10/21/15 — by Sukhada Tatke

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