Harry Potter and the Power of the Heptalogy

JK Rowling's Harry Potter books claim 7 of the slots in the top 10 bestselling books of all times. That's a stupefying statistic if I've ever heard one! Rowling's writing is enchanting in its own right. If she had stopped at Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the book still would have fared well with children. If she had wrapped Harry's …

Song of Achilles: Imagery of the Gods

Have any of you had one of those moments when your senses are all in harmony? The colors and shapes around you, the feelings in your heart, the taste on your tongue, the sounds in the background, the scent in the air? I had one of those moments at approximately 12:48 AM, Friday night. I was in …

5 Genres You May Have Read Without Knowing It

The taxonomy of books is similar to the taxonomy of animals. Most of us can recognize the higher level divisions; we know what makes plants different than animals, fiction different than non-fiction. Many of us understand the mid range divisions too. We know what makes a mammal a mammal, a reptile a reptile, a horror …

Peter Pan: Cold Medicine, Beastly Stuff

I recently moved into an apartment with a friend of mine who, equally to my detriment and delight, has excellent taste in literature. She has a bookshelf full of books, many of which I haven't read, in the hallway. I have caught a cold, and I think that lack of sleep due to reading until …