In compiling this list I realized there aren’t too many authors I buy faithfully. These are the happy few. In no particular order: Ernest Hemingway—I own five: A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Old Man and the Sea, The First Forty-Nine Stories, and On Writing. The Sun Also Rises is a […]
Browsing the archives for the Reading category
8 Apr 14
TTT: Most unique books I’ve read
Only when I tried to compile this list did it really hit me that most everything—even and perhaps especially the classics—is derivative. Or, put more positively: everything is really telling part of the same story. Even the books I’ve chosen owe something to other books, other stories; I don’t think it’s possible to write without […]
11 Mar 14
TTT: Favorite war books
The topic for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday is “all-time-favorite books in [x] genre.” I chose “war” as my genre, though I’m approaching it very broadly and including both fiction and non-fiction books. (Also of note: I didn’t plan it this way, but I think this is the only one of my TTT lists so […]
4 Mar 14
TTT: Popular authors I’ve never read
Disclaimer: I have inevitably read bits and pieces of books by some of these authors; but I’ve never completed a book by any of them, which is what counts, I believe. Some of these are particularly shameful and inexcusable (Asimov) and some I’m rather strangely and defiantly proud of (Martin). I’ve tried to include all […]
14 Feb 14
In which she admits to being elitist
I think most of what is called “elitist” is a mask for anti-intellectualism — I mean, there is such a thing as excellence. The above is from a 1992 interview with Susan Sontag, the transcript of which I read here. It’s a great interview filled with wonderful reflections on writing and literature and it touches […]
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I'm an amateur military historian, a drinker of coffee and dry red wine, a cinephile, a hockey fan, a cat lady, and an all-around nerd. I like to travel. I also like books, philosophy, and political theory. I write historical fiction and fantasy, most of which deals with combat and conflict in the individual experience. My debut YA historical fantasy novel His Own Good Sword was released on 7 May 2013.
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