Its been forty years since Stephen King wrote The Shining and thirty-seven years since the movie was released, and yet it is still a cultural monument. There are so many reasons why this novel has done well, but I’m most interested in the Gothic aspects. Specifically the Gothic readability and horror/terror produced on the page. I think that The … Continue reading Stephen (the Fairy Tale) King
I sat down and started thinking about how novels have influenced me and that a lot of them I’ve found by searching online lists of “must read books”. I figured hey why not add another list into the world. Here are some novels and books that I think are timeless classics, incredible writing, or … Continue reading The Best Novels- according to me and my two cents
Only halfway finished with The Monk I still have so many questions, and half formed questions, that it is difficult to string together my thoughts. What I can say is that this book is insanely interesting. The first reason is that Lewis writes in a way that all of the stories within the meta-narrative are parallel … Continue reading The Monk- Part 1
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