Author Archives: LittleBrohmer

I have to say, I had many people warn me against Toni Morrison– and for good reason. This book could easily be read as typical rage-against-the-white-man minority literature (sorry, necessary disclaimer). Having said that, “Sula” also provides a lot of … Continue reading →

Disclaimer: I fully admit that this post is the direct result of my desire to procrastinate. I really didn’t know anything about Saul Bellow when I started reading the novel (which, by the way, I never finished. Time constraints, paper … Continue reading →

If you’re reading this, you’re probably someone who has already seen my recent frustrations voiced on Facebook regarding my Conrad assignment. If you’re not, then let me sum it up this way: my professor has a very unique (shall we … Continue reading →

So I know this book was all the rage a little while back. I heard some of the reviews, but meh I was too busy for fiction back then (Ha! I wish.) But recently, a mother of one of my … Continue reading →

I started to write this review a month ago. Seriously. Then, well, life happened, and it took me forever to finish the last two chapters. Level 4 was published in ’96, the autobiography of two former CDC virologists. What makes … Continue reading →

Just finished rereading an old favorite. Lysistrata was first performed around 4 centuries B.C. by a playwright known for his… well, let’s just say NOT for his modesty. It’s a hilarious (though definitely PG-13) look at the battle of the … Continue reading →

So. I know it’s been forever, and book-a-week has become more like book-when-i-can. Fortunately, teaching literature means that i do get to read a lot; unfortunately, actually writing about books is a different story. To that effect, I am in … Continue reading →

A while back, I was chatting with a psych major/honors classmate and I asked what he thought of criminal psychology. You know, all those Agatha Christie novels in my childhood really gave me a skewed perspective, but I find profiling … Continue reading →

George Macdonald is my Jane Austen. I grew up on his stories, of which my dad read several aloud. I compare every work of fiction to his Lost Princess, an allegory that speaks directly to the work of C.S.Lewis. In … Continue reading →

I’ve been working on this essay for about a week now, and I’ve found it’s really hard to write authoritatively without sounding like a pompous ass. I fully admit I’m working way too hard on this, since it’s just a … Continue reading →