Category Archives: Reading Reflections

Full Disclusure, Please

By Tracie | Published: January 18, 2010
I have a small pet peeve with book series. This pet peeve covers almost all books that fall into the “series” category. First of all, it takes a lot for me to make the commitment to get into a series. Once I know a book is part of a series (or is going to be), [...]
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Best Books of 2009? I’ll Pass, Thank You.

By Tracie | Published: January 4, 2010
Stephen King recently produced his annual top 10 books of 2009. This years list includes Rough Country by John Sanford, Drood by Dan Simmons and 2666, by Roberto Bolano. While this list is interesting (of course, I read it), I kind of don’t care. There are a couple of reasons that I don’t like “best of” [...]
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Virgins and Rakes

By Tracie | Published: December 15, 2009
In middle and high school, I read a lot of romance novels. I read some other books, but a lot of romance novels. Then once I started to actually have relationships with men, the romance novel fell flat and I quit reading them. I went on a rampage of almost hating them. Every feminist fiber [...]
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The Elusive Bookmark

By Tracie | Published: November 17, 2009
I lose bookmarks all of the time. I have no idea where they go. I always think that I left it in the last book that I read, but somehow its never there. Kind of like socks. You think that you put two socks in they dryer, but when it comes time to fold clothes, [...]
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Five Ways to Survive in a Dystopia

By Tracie | Published: November 11, 2009
dys·to·pi·a (dĭs-tō’pē-ə) n. An imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror. My favorite genre of novels is filled with horror, death, ugliness, sadness, pitiful living conditions, and violence. In college for my senior paper, I picked The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. With this choice [...]
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