Category Bookish Life

should fanfiction get published as original work

Should FanFiction Get Published as Original Work?

Whether you wanted to or not, at some point in your life you’ve either read fanfic, written it, or laughed about some of the more ridiculous examples (like My Immortal, the infamous Harry Potter fic; if you haven’t, here’s the…

negative book reviews

Negative Book Reviews: Are They Necessary and Why?

Over the past few weeks, I’ve seen a growing discussion on whether or not negative book reviews are okay, or even necessary. It may just be the algorithm feeding me these types of posts, but either way, it got me…

bad romance tropes

7 Bad Romance Tropes That Just Don’t Work Anymore

Romance novels are one of the big pleasures of my life. Not guilty pleasures — because I don’t feel guilty about something that makes me happy — but truly luxurious pleasures. There’s nothing quite like the feeling when you open…