I'm back! It took a few months to recover enough of a sense of what constitutes a "good" or a "bad" book following Grey since pretty much everything in comparison was amazing as long as it didn't contain a) glorified rape, b) glorified eating disorders, and c) DJs. But I'm back with another one of the … Continue reading The Magician’s Land Reaffirms Everything I Don’t Like About Grossman’s Trilogy, but It’s Pretty Solid
The Magicians
Why My Magicians Piece for The Mary Sue Was All Wrong
I try not to wave the big pink flag of my gender around here too often, for the simple and unfortunate reason that it often gets me taken less seriously. You would think that a blog called Tea Leaves and Dog Ears would skew female in people's minds (doubly so if they actually checked my … Continue reading Why My Magicians Piece for The Mary Sue Was All Wrong
50 Shades of Real Literature: The Man-Booker Project
Since 50 Shades of Grey won't hurry up and die already, I'm going to have to find a new reading project. Thank you so, so much for your book recommendations. I will read them for pleasure, but there is something awkward (and rude) about trashing something that someone was kind enough to tell you about, … Continue reading 50 Shades of Real Literature: The Man-Booker Project
The Magicians: Food for the Fanboy Soul
The Magicians is, in the simplest and most dismissive terms possible, a kind of fanfiction love letter to Harry Potter and The Chronicles of Narnia with heavy-handed touches of A Wrinkle in Time, The Wizard of Oz, Earthsea and The Once and Future King. Certainly writer Lev Grossman embraces these references and influences -- not only … Continue reading The Magicians: Food for the Fanboy Soul
