For as long as I can remember, I have been a reader. I think I’ve always been in love with words. Books are a way…
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A Story of Sisters: Austen’s Sense & Sensibility
Originally Published December 2017 My faithful readers will know that Sense & Sensibility was the first of Jane Austen’s books that I read. For a…
The Jane Austen Problem
Originally Published October 2017 I discovered Jane Austen during my sophomore year of high school, but not because of assigned readings in English class. In…
The Inimitable Flavia de Luce
Flavia de Luce. I first met her in 2011. She reminded me of myself at her age—a girl too smart for her own good. She…
Books with Pictures
Since becoming a mother, I have read more picture books than I ever imagined I would. Brett and I are readers and want our children…
The Trouble with Favorites
As an English major, one question I am often asked is: “Who is your favorite author?” I hate that question. I assume that the person…
A Brief History of a Writer
“I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don’t know what I did before that. Just loafed I suppose.” – P.G. Wodehouse…