Edgar's Book Round-Up, August 2023

It’s worth noting here that for the last couple of weeks I’ve lacked the capacity to do much but sit and read.

Cameron's Book Round-Up: July and Early August 2023

Oh, god, I let this go too long. I’ve been watering trees for a local nonprofit all summer, so I’ve been holed up in a very slow, very wet truck listening to audiobooks for most of the time since we got back to the states. I even managed to read some physical books in the meantime.

Cameron’s Book Round-Up, May and June 2023

Okay, as usual, I let this sit too long. In my defense, I had a new job, COVID, and international travel in there, so things got dicey. A lot of good books this time, though it covers more ground than I normally do, time-wise. All title links go to bookshop.

Domesticity and Horror: the Woman-in-House Novel

Right now, I want to talk about a common subgenre within horror, which I am coming to call the “woman-in-house” novel. These are not simply haunted house novels; they are not simply feminist horror novels; these are not simply gothic novels. They display a constellation of traits that makes them identifiable as the same kind of thing.

Cameron's Book Round-Up: Late April, Early May 2023

Included in here is a wider variety of books than I normally read, because we have two novels that I read for the literature class I taught this past semester. Teaching literature is really different from teaching composition, and while I’d gladly do both going forward, I definitely need more practice as a literature teacher.