Author: Fictitiously Yours, Gail

"'Who are you?' said the Caterpillar. "This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied rather shyly, 'I--I hardly know, Sir, just at present--at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have changed several times since then.'" -Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll It takes some effort to pin down who in entirety we actually are because we are constantly changing--not perhaps several times a day like Alice, but I can see how different I was in my past compared to now. One thing that hasn't changed in years and probably never will is that I am a writer and bibliophile. Throughout stressful changes and evolutions of my mind, I hash it out in writing so that life carries on for me to read another book.

The Liar’s Recommendation: A Most Mysterious Case and Other Works

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Well, I'm back with a Tuesday (barely) book review after getting creative with my schedule for two weeks. I finished several books in the interval though, which I'm going to try and get reviews out for. First up, a book I began last October and have been intermittently slogging away at since: A Most Mysterious… Continue reading The Liar’s Recommendation: A Most Mysterious Case and Other Works

Stalking Us As We Sleep: Books Inspired by Dracula

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The pop culture image of Count Dracula, vampire poster-boy, ranges from creepy to campy, spooky to sparkly, demonic hell beast to hot monster boyfriend. Apparently, part of this is due to Bram Stoker’s family, or his “estate,” somehow losing the American rights to the story and characters way back in the early twentieth century. Everyone… Continue reading Stalking Us As We Sleep: Books Inspired by Dracula

Cite Your Sources: Because Some Who Wander ARE Lost

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Carved into wood, lettering whimsical and loopy, pine trees accenting the bottom, the piece reads: Even the smallest person can change the course of the future. J.R.R. Tolkien Never have I been so annoyed by a sign that I like in all my life. Aesthetically: beautiful. Quotationally: love quotes. Authorially: big fan of Tolkien. The… Continue reading Cite Your Sources: Because Some Who Wander ARE Lost

‘Why should they be?’

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Miss Susan. What is algebra exactly; is it those three cornered things?Phoebe. It is x minus y equals z plus y and things like that. And all the time you are saying they are equal, you feel in your heart, why should they be. Quality Street by J. M. Barrie Quality Street, Act II, by… Continue reading ‘Why should they be?’

Judging Spies by Their Covers: The Haunted Bookshop Review

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The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher MorleyMy rating: 4 of 5 starsI really loved this book on first read—the atmospheric bookshop, the eccentric proprietor, the silly love-story, and the espionage plot shoe-horned in throughout. What’s not to like? Recently when I was skimming through it in search of a quotation, I got caught on so many… Continue reading Judging Spies by Their Covers: The Haunted Bookshop Review

‘Let us take to ourselves no shame’

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Therefore, if we built splendid castles... and pictured beautiful scenes, among the fervid coals of the hearth round which we were clustering, and if all went to rack with the crumbling embers, and have never since arisen out of the ashes, let us take to ourselves no shame. In my own behalf, I rejoice that… Continue reading ‘Let us take to ourselves no shame’

Books that are “Wearin’ of the Green”☘️

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Hi, I have failed to post a review yet this week and I am disinclined to do so. But it’s Saint Patrick’s Day and I got inspiration from an Instagram post by fellow blogger Becca @ Words and Other Malarky to do a green themed book shoot. I happen to have an abundance of green… Continue reading Books that are “Wearin’ of the Green”☘️