Month: April 2014

Review: Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit by Corey Olsen

25 April 2014 / review / 2 Comments
Review: Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit by Corey Olsen

Author: Corey Olsen   Title: Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit Format/Source: Hardcover/library  Published: September 2012 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Length: 318 pages Genre: Literary analysis Why I Read: The Hobbit is one of my all-time favourite books + I enjoy reading Tolkien scholarship Read If You’re: A new fans of The Hobbit; interested in literary analysis Quote: “Even when [Bilbo] himself is facing the possibility of being devoured, the ‘idea of eating’ that […]

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Response: Thoughts on J.R.R. Tolkien

25 April 2014 / response, thoughts / 5 Comments

Yesterday, I read two articles about J.R.R. Tolkien that contextualized his work in ways I hadn’t considered before. Both articles gave me a sudden sense of clarity on the topic, so I thought I would note my response to each article here. I intend to make this a regular feature – since I no longer have to do any academic writing for university, I’m directing my thinking power here! Please […]

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Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-thon

23 April 2014 / events, Uncategorized / 8 Comments

Last year I began my preparation post with “now that my busiest semester EVER is over…”. This year I can happily write “now that my last full semester of university is over…”! I finished writing my last exam a few hours ago and now I once again looking forward to participating in the April edition of Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-thon.  This is the pile of books I’m going to be […]

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Summer Library Challenge

19 April 2014 / events / 2 Comments
Summer Library Challenge

About: Hosted by Kate and Kristen of The Book Monsters, this challenge encourages library going and library book reading. The “Summer Library Readathon” will take place from June 16 to June 22, with other activities like challenges and Twitter chats throughout June and July. I think this sounds like a fun challenge for both power library users myself and those who don’t get out to the library as much as […]

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