I don't usually do Things I Love about books for several reasons--spoilers, for one. But I can't help it with Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, a recommendation I took from Roxane Gay's 2014 reading list. I started recommending to people before I even finished it because it was so much fun to read,… Continue reading 7 Things I Love About Station Eleven
Author: Sara Davis
Books by women I read and loved in 2014
I’m going to go ahead and call it a year—with just a couple of weeks left in December and one looming writing deadline ahead of me before January, I don’t see myself wrapping up any more excellent books by women by the year’s end. (Although I’m looking forward to resuming Hilary Mantel’s voluminous and intricate… Continue reading Books by women I read and loved in 2014
Kind Masterminds
First, some personal backstory: after a few meetings with a career counselor not long ago, I took a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test and a Strong Interest Inventory. The assessments were extremely satisfying and helpful for me: it's not that I learned anything about myself that I didn't already know, but the assessments gave voice to… Continue reading Kind Masterminds
An Unnumbered List of Things I Love About Gone Girl
Another day, another think piece about Gone Girl--but this New Yorker article is the first I've read that almost exactly nails what I like about the movie and book, especially the book: they show us what happens if we take a story we already know to its furthest logical outcome. Comparing Gone Girl to Lionel Shriver's We… Continue reading An Unnumbered List of Things I Love About Gone Girl
Where did we come from? What are we? Where are we going?
Ten years ago, I conducted ghost tours in New Orleans. This era of my life has become one of my party tricks, an ace tucked in the sleeve: the job title itself is an attention grabber, but with it comes a cast of colorful characters, a louche lifestyle, and a sort of appealing tenebrousness that… Continue reading Where did we come from? What are we? Where are we going?
Elsewhere on the Internet: Dames in Games
You've heard, probably, that 48% of gamers these days are female. (Source: the Entertainment Software Association. Also, every news source like this one that reposted the ESA's stats, paying special attention to the fact that adult female gamers outnumber young male gamers.) You might also have noticed that the percentage of female playable characters in… Continue reading Elsewhere on the Internet: Dames in Games
Sara Davis 