Hi, I’m a blogger and I’m addicted to sorting fictional characters. Greetings peasants! We are back with a new a Sorting Hat Anonymous, this one based off J.R.R. Tolkien’s timeless fantasy classic—er, one of his timeless fantasy classics, that is. Just a note: we did base our sortings off of the film trilogy, because a…
Dear Sylvia Plath // My Response To *The Bell Jar* {Classic Analysis}
In a way, I’m almost glad that you’re dead, and that I’m writing this letter to a woman/author who will never ever read it. This way I can be brutally honest. I really wish I could do nothing but sing your praises for The Bell Jar, and blather on and on about how much I…
Me and Earl and The Confused Readers of the World
By Clara Oswin Oswald (Yes, I am aware this “whale” hello gif has already been used on our blog–but I saw it and I cannot stop laughing!) Hello Chums! If you haven’t already guessed, today I’m going to dissect Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. What you DON’T know is that I’m also going…
A Grand YA Rant // Our Thoughts on Characterization & Diversity in YA Novels
It’s currently a rather rainy *bleh* sort of June day—and so the perfect time to do a blog post, obviously! The thing is…when we sat down to write this, neither of us were really in the mood to write something terribly concise and/or witty. So, we decided to enter into a discussion on (what else?)…
Review: Unhooked // Basically a OUAT Fanfic tbh+Psychopathic Peter Pan+DARK FANTASY
“I would give Unhooked 4 out of 5 aces,** for an intoxicating plot, a renamed version of Killian Jones, and being set in Neverland. One ace demoted for the soul-devouring and Olivia.” “Neverland retellings usually just aren’t my thing. Unhooked, however, was so dark and entrancing that I was completely captivated. I left the book…
Sorting Hat Anonymous: Once Upon A Time
Hi, I’m a blogger and I’m addicted to sorting fictional characters. About two and a half billion light years ago, we put up our first Sorting Hat Anonymous Post, and finally–finally!–we’re doing another one. And really, what better to do than OUAT, especially with the way Season Six ended? (Emma and Killian got married and…
The Versatile Blogger Award {Featuring 28 Stunning Facts Concerning Clara & Hermione}
Quite a few months ago, both Holly @ Nut Free Nerd and Megan @ Green Gables State of Mind nominated us for this Versatile blogger award. You really ought to go check out both of their blogs—Holly does some fantastic discussion posts/literary analysis stuff, and Megan mixes travel and books perfectly (plus she’s currently reading…
Eight Reasons to Write Your Female Characters Like Elizabeth Swann
Lately Clara and I have been in sort of a Pirates of the Caribbean mood, because a.) the soundtrack for At World’s End is the PERFECT thing to write our Camp NaNoWriMo fantasy/sci-fi novels to; and b.), we’ve been re-watching the original trilogy over the past couple of weeks (and did you know that there’s…
Mutant Bird Kids Saving the World. Oh Yes.
By Clara Oswin Oswald Congratulations. The fact that you’re reading this means you’ve taken one giant step toward surviving till your next birthday. Yes, you, standing there leafing through these pages. Do not put this book down. I’m dead serious- your life could depend on it. -Max You gotta love a good hook sentence. Like,…
The Dramatic Saga of Dallas & Chloe (Working Title)
5 Minute Plots for Desperate Writers-Available today! Harken back to that restless night: it’s 3 a.m and you’re sitting hunched over the keyboard, staring blindly at a WORD document. It’s all so perfect in your head: you have your characters, your setting…now all you need is a plot. If only plots were simple, if only…
March Books: Featuring A Rather Caustic Quiz, Three Intoxicating Romances & Our Dog Not Caring AT ALL
Greetings, peasants! Okay, so the general plan was to do a sort of romance themed February Books. It makes sense, right? February…Valentine’s Day…Bookish Soulmates… Yeah, it’s all perfect except for the fact that we decided to skip February Books because Time itself is apparently against us. But this is hardly a new problem, and so…
Book Discussion: Nineteen Minutes
Recently, Clara and I read both read Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult, and since it was so terribly thought-provoking, we simply had to blog on it! Now, usually when we do this type of discussion post, we both end up getting sidetracked and going off on these random tangents, and nothing really gets discussed. That’s…
