I spent most of 2015 working on my dissertation, so I didn't have a ton of extra time for reading new books--but during this process, I re-read a number of books I first encountered years ago. Man, do I ever love the books I am writing about. These novels continue to be my favorites! The Unpossessed by… Continue reading Books by women I re-read and loved in 2015
Author: Sara Davis
Books by women I read and loved in 2015
The Doctor's Wife by M. E. Braddon. Just as last year was my Year of Elizabeth Gaskell, 2015 was my year of Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Like George Eliot, Braddon had the audacity to live with a man who was not her husband in the 19th century; unlike Eliot, Braddon wrote sensation novels about crime and adultery and… Continue reading Books by women I read and loved in 2015
On strong being the “new” pretty
I drafted this post months ago when the posts linked below were posted; just now got around to fleshing out the text I wanted to quote. At The Daily Dot, Anne Thériault addressed the implications of hashtags like #StrongIsTheNewPretty and #StrongIsTheNewSkinny in the context of current media depictions of so-called Strong Female Characters (with a shout-out… Continue reading On strong being the “new” pretty
Reading Terminal Market gothic
[Originally posted on Trimmings, my now-abandoned Tumblr blog.] There are maps, but it’s still easy to lose yourself: you pass the honey seller, the flower seller, the baker, the fishmonger, and there is such a riot of smells and colors that it’s no use remembering which way you came. There are shops in the center… Continue reading Reading Terminal Market gothic
Elsewhere on the Internet: Summer Movie Musing
Where have I been these last few months? Writing. Cooking. Job-hunting (again). Updating my food blog. And watching a lot of new TV and movies. I have not and probably will not read anything about Jurassic World I like more than this post by Michelle Vider, "Drink up that toxic masculinity": So I’m walking away from… Continue reading Elsewhere on the Internet: Summer Movie Musing
5 Things I Love About the BBC adaptation of Wolf Hall
As I noted in my books by women roundup, I loved Wolf Hall and its sequel, Bring Up the Bodies. I had grown very skeptical about historical fiction, because I've read very little of it that had writing chops necessary to sell the historical research. Mantel's books work for me because they are so well written and carefully… Continue reading 5 Things I Love About the BBC adaptation of Wolf Hall
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