The Five Strongest Heroines from Modern American Novels, according to Chat GPT
Has chat GPT taken the place of bloggers? To find out, I gave it a prompt similar to something I'd post about here on Laurellit.
My Book Reviews
I love novels! My favorite genres are high-end women's fiction, suspense, and psychological thrillers, but occasionally I'll also pick up some chick lit or YA. I mostly read books on my kindle, and I also listen to audio books every morning when I go for my run.
I do NOT love star ratings for novels. For each book I review, I will give a bit of background, my thoughts, and end by saying if I would recommend it or not. Full disclosure: if I'm not into a book, I don't finish it. Since I'll only be reviewing books I finish, most of the reviews posted will be positive.
All About Anna Karenina: Part 1, ch 24-34 HAIKUS!
I've decided to switch gears. My chapter summaries take too long for y'all to read, and for me to write. While I still plan to adapt the pivotal scenes into first person POV, the rest of the summaries will be written as haikus. Thus, here is what's left of part one: 11 haikus for ten chapters. (Chapter 30 was too eventful and needed an extra haiku to capture it all.)
Levin goes to see his derelict brother, Nicholay Bro’s thin like a …All About Anna Karenina: Part 1, chapters 22 & 23–The Ballroom Scene
Although I am still only posting about part one of Anna Karenina, reading-wise, I am well into part three. And I can tell you, I still dislike Levin. Vronsky and Anna are okay, but my favorite character by far is Kitty. I find it so interesting the scene where Vronsky and Anna fall in love is mostly seen through her eyes. After adapting it into first person, I got a really good sense of who Kitty is, and she's awesome.
But don't take my word for …
Literary Lifestyle Gift Guide
Are you having trouble shopping for the reading/writer/English Teacher in your life? No worries! Here is my literary lifestyle gift guide. *Note: I did not include actual books. It's too hard to pick out titles for the true bookworm.
