#so this is kind of a bookblr still (I'm planning to post book covers soon maybe for my monthly read or something?)

[amarrymeinbostonwriter]

I could have chosen ANY (or almost any) books to do my paper on and I settled on Fear of Flying by Erica Jong and Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Gilman is a much better short story writer. I did one of my other grad papers on her short stories.

I thought Jong was one of my favorite writers but after that I don't think so. Her poetry was much better than her novel but also I read her poetry when I was literally manic so I don't trust my old opinion of her. :/

#yes Gilman is the yellow wallpaper author and that is her magnum opus (and her other short stories) NOT Herland #this was just a bad choice all around #I wanted to read both those books pretty badly until I actually read them #so very bad paper topic choice but we roll any way #Jong's book just made me glad to be single because a lot of her male characters were repulsive!!! (barf) #also Isadora annoyed me- GET A GRIP GIRL #fear of flying #herland #I read both these books in December #I'm currently reading about Branwell Bronte (Anne Emily and Charlotte's unfortunate brother) #Daphne Du Maurier did a biography on him #I'm also reading Josephine Tey's Daughter of Time where a police investigator tries to solve the mystery of Richard III #both are wayyyy more interesting to me #I still like to read just not whatever they are trying to force on me at school. I'm over it! #so this is kind of a bookblr still (I'm planning to post book covers soon maybe for my monthly read or something?) #books #bookblr #mychatter