Bold, boring, and brilliant all at once. Leave it to an existentialist—is that right? Samuel Becket’s Waiting for Godot, a tragicomedy in two acts, is one of the most widely recognized plays of the 20th century.
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Tom’s Bookshelf: Did it gross you out, too? Reviewing Bernhard Schlink’s The Reader
Mainstream American audiences were already aware of The Reader, a 1995 German novel by law professor and judge Bernhard Schlink, before the 2008 film adaption starring Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes was released to wide acclaim. Yet, I found my reading experience largely consumed by a distaste for the author’s thematic intentions.
Tom’s Bookshelf: From One Writer to Every Other – Reviewing Stephen King’s Memoir on the Craft
After decades of demand from fans, Stephen King finally published a memoir on the craft of writing in 2000, appropriately titled On Writing.
Tom’s Bookshelf: Unpopular Book Opinions Edition – The Bell Jar Isn’t for Everyone
Published in 1963 under “Victoria Lucas,” this roman à clef (true story with invented names) has become an iconic piece of literary feminism and is a widely celebrated story of mental illness.
Favorite Fall Reads
The best reading season is inarguably fall. Summer is sometimes nice for reading outside, except that actually it’s super hot and sweaty and buggy and awful. People glorify “beach reads,” but books get all sandy and suncreen-y and warped just from being near the ocean, I guess. (Insert Danny from The Mindy Project shouting “I…
Brunette Ambition: One Fan’s Review
Some may call Beyonce the queen. She’s taken the world by storm by dropping surprise albums with insanely catchy beats, having an impossibly cute family and always looking flawless. But for me, I’ve always had another celebrity queen: Ms. Lea Michele. Lea Michele is probably most commonly known for playing Rachel Berry, the main character…
