Category: Opinion Pieces

  • Why E-Readers Might be My Favorite Invention of All Time

    My goal by the end of this post is to make everyone who sees it want to buy an E-Reader. Hopefully, you can afford to buy one. If not, I’m sorry to have added to the longing for material things already facilitated by a consumerist society. Before we get started, a note: Originally I had…

  • It’s Okay to Leave a Book Unfinished (Stop #3: Tennessee)

    First things first, I’m about to lie to you, and you are going to go along with that lie. I’m going to say the last major stop on my trip was Tennessee (Knoxville, specifically), but it wasn’t. In truth, my last major stop was Raleigh, North Carolina. However, it was a last minute addition to…

  • The Alchemist and “Wine-mom Spirituality”

    I am sure we have all heard that The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is one of those life-changing novels I told you all to be wary of in another post (specifically my review of Greenlights, which you can find here: link). Last year, I set out to read it to see if my life would…

  • New Moon: A Defense of Bella Swan’s Depression

    Yeah, this isn’t a post I thought I’d ever write either. I’ve been saving it for a week when I’m too busy to sit down and write something better. It turns out this is that week, so here you go. It’s also fitting in that when this goes up I’ll be driving through Utah, home…

  • Thrift Your Books, People!

    Thrift Your Books, People!

    For some people this is a no-brainer, right? Thrifted books can be over ten times cheaper than brand new, retail-priced novels. A paperback book on the shelf at Barnes & Noble will usually run between $10-$15 (or more!) while the same book will cost $0.99 at Goodwill. Why are people still buying brand new books…