Tag: sylvia plath

• Book Review: Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer

  Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer Rating: 2/5* *(first third 3/5, final third, 1/5)   In what might be the first time ever, I did a 360 in my feelings for this book AFTER I started writing my review. I sat down to read Belzhar and had to stop two chapters in to write up my (gushingly…

  alexandrap529

  October 7, 2014

  Book Review, Books

  belzhar, book review, cassandra clare, john green, meg wolitzer, Sarah Dessen, sylvia plath, tamora pierce, the bell jar

• UK National Poetry Day 2014

  

  Today is National Poetry Day in the UK! In lieu of subjecting you to my own poetical musings, I wanted to share one of my favorite poems. Lesbos by Sylvia Plath Viciousness in the kitchen! The potatoes hiss. It is all Hollywood, windowless, The fluorescent light wincing on and off like a terrible migraine, Coy…

  alexandrap529

  October 2, 2014

  Uncategorized

  national poetry day, poetry, sylvia plath

• 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