Temper
Something new for me that, I’ll admit, took me out of my typical comfort zone for books–but in a good and necessary way. A deeply intricate, imaginative story that, though based in fantasy, still has much to say about our realities.
— C.M.
I’m sure many of you already know where I’m headed with this. It’s probably the same affect a number of us have experienced on and off for the past few months. As creatives, we sort of live in a hostile environment. Unless you’re a professional inheritor of mommy and daddy’s money (which, let’s face it:…
English philosopher and statesman, Francis Bacon, is known to have coined the phrase: “Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.” I’m of the impression that he was speaking more to the philosophic/scientific side of reading—in that some books are valuable for scanning and sifting through…
Just what is it about these characters that leaves us wanting more? Let’s take a look!
— C.O.