Shira's 2022 Reading Round-Up!

Hi folks! It's been a while, so here is a quick update on a few of the things that have been keeping me from posting: I was working...

I read a lot of great books in 2021, but there's one series that I'm taking with me into the new year: N.K. Jemisin's Broken Earth...

Those of you who know me in the real world know that I absolutely hate social media. I'm not against the internet (obviously) and I love...

Happy New Year everyone! It's been a while... Apologies for my absence, but I've been busy graduating from college (yay!) and this blog...

The second installment of our 100 Best Novels list. The books featured are in no particular order. 21. Frankenstein (1818) by Mary...

The first installment of our 100 Best Novels list. The books featured are in no particular order. 1. Kindred (1979) by Octavia E. Butler...

Hi all! I don't have a regular post this week and I'll be taking next week off as well, but I promise I have a good reason! I'm currently...

Confession time: I love fiction written for Young Adults. Let me explain why. When I was in middle/high school, YA was really starting to...

Happy Friday! As many (hopefully all) of you know, February is Black History month so I wanted to write a little about the exclusion of...

I know I'm a little early, but due to my every other week posting schedule, here's an obligatory Valentine's Day themed post! As a genre,...

Happy Friday! This post is going to be a little different because I'm writing about Virginia Woolf, who actually does have a spot in...

Happy New Year! I wanted to give you all a short update about my plans for this blog over the next year. As you may have noticed, this...

Due to life being busy, I had to take an unscheduled break these past few weeks. As an apology, I thought I'd write a short post to...

Science Fiction is a genre that continues to be dominated by white men, both in terms of authorship and readership. Many "classic" sci-fi...

If you pay attention to current events in the literary world and/or are on Twitter, you probably know what J.K. Rowling, author of the...

Gail Carson Levine is probably best known for her Newbery Honor Book, Ella Enchanted, but The Two Princesses of Bamarre is severely...

Hi all! My post this week is going to be a little different because I've been busy with school work and didn't have time to write a...

If you're a movie buff and/or a feminist, you've probably heard the name Bechdel before. The Bechdel Test is a popular barometer for the...

Happy Monday! My (virtual) college classes start this week so I thought I'd do a short school related post and share some books I read in...

* "Nasty Women" is used here to create a catchy title. I'd recommend these books for people of all genders. As always, I recommend...

It was no easy task for a black woman to write science fiction in the 1970's, but that's not the only thing that makes Kindred by Octavia...

Hello! Welcome to my first post! Since this site is largely about the literary canon, I thought I'd do my best to explain it. The most...