Tag: focus on

• Focus On: Psychological Novels

  Though I’ve featured novels with psychiatric/mental illness themes before I have never dedicated an entire post to them. The human psyche is so interesting because of how fragile it truly is. Below are a selection of my favorite novels and memoirs about mental illness and those who treat it. Dreaming for Freud by Sheila Kohler A…

  alexandrap529

  May 27, 2014

  Books, Focus On

  dreaming for freud, focus on, gillian flynn, jeffrey eugenides, sharp objects, sheila kohler, sybil, sylvia plath, the bell jar, the virgin suicides

• Focus On: Retellings of The Odyssey

  Ever since I stumbled across Madeline Miller’s brilliant retelling of The Iliad (The Song of Achilles), I’ve been on the hunt for updated versions of The Odyssey.

  alexandrap529

  October 24, 2013

  Book Review, Books, Focus On

  focus on, francesca lia block, love in the time of global warming, margaret atwood, the penelopiad

• Focus On: Witchy Reads

  I use Grammarly’s free plagiarism checker because this post was born original, why make it a copy? With a chill in the air and Halloween fast approaching its the perfect time to pull out some spooky reads. While some might like horror to get them in the mood for October 31st, I like to take a more…

  alexandrap529

  October 17, 2013

  Book Review, Books, Focus On

  a discovery of witches, book review, focus on, halloween reads, the physick book of deliverance dane, the river of no return, the witch’s daughter, witches