Ladies by the Lake

  If you've watched any of the 8 seasons of Gilmore Girls on Netflix, then you would know that Rory Gilmore is a huge bookworm, and always seems to be reading. She even tells Dean, her first boyfriend and love interest, that she always carries a book around with her to read if things get boring. She reads classics, non-fiction, more modern books (for the time, which is the 2000's), and many more throughout the seasons. In fact, Rory alone has been seen reading or referencing 339 books throughout the show's run. If you want a harder challenge, there is a similar one that includes all 3 of the Gilmore girls, with over 400 books to read. This challenge is definitely something to look at if you're curious to see which books you've read, are bored over summer, or want some new book recommendations! If you don't want to read over the summer, and haven't watched Gilmore Girls, I would highly recommend it. I took one quiz to see how many books I've read, and hav...

  Hi! In this week's blog post I will be discussing the certain literary elements that Ethel Cain uses in her debut album Preacher’s Daughter to inflict a sense of dread, sadness and anger. To start, this album is one of my favorites not just because I have been a fan of Ethel’s music since 2021, but because her songs always make me feel what she wants the listener to feel for the entirety of the song. The way she creates a story through every single song and leads the reader on an emotional journey is something that I find valuable in a singer-songwriter and is one of the reasons I enjoy her music so much. Below is the official tracklist (I will be referencing this quite a bit) and a link to the album on Spotify if you want to give it a listen :) Tracklist:  Family Tree (Intro) - 3:41  American Teenager - 4:18 A House in Nebraska - 7:46 Western Nights - 6:05  Family Tree - 7:10 Hard Times - 5:03  Thoroughfare -  9:27 Gibson Girl - 5:42 Ptolomea - 6:23...

      Book Commentary by Shanna Nayely Duay      When I was younger, I had a huge thing for the Addams family and loved the idea of a character like Wednesday Addams. Especially in my fifth-grade year, I was fascinated with grim tales and fables and I enjoyed reading books of that nature. So when the annual book fair rolled around and a book titled The Addams Family: Wednesday's Library  caught my eye, I knew I had to have it.      The Addams Family: Wednesday's Library was a book aimed to compile different works that the character Wednesday Addams would find interesting. The collection is comprised of works from authors I was familiar with like Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, William Shakespeare, and Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. But it was also the first time I was introduced to ones like Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charlotte and Emily Brontë, and Joseph Conrad. Stories like Dracula, Jane Eyre, Heart of Darkness, and The Divine Comedy were featu...