We are all English Majors and we love it. There could be no greater major than ours. See how many things from Buzzfeed you agree on from 17 signs you are an English major Check out some literary needlepoint of Hemingway, Woolf, Salinger, Plath, and more. I think I want these on my walls. Below is a menu of Literary books and Coffee from BookRiot.com
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![]() A book review is a great way to step into the publishing arena. A review is small enough to not be intimidating and big enough to have substance in the analysis. We all love books and have our opinions on them. It's why we go to class and it's why we enjoy talking to other English majors. Read a book this summer and write a review about it. There are associated links to help you get an idea of how to write a book review. Two are examples of book reviews and the other is the format and ideas on physically writing the review. If you need more examples, search the Annie Gabriel Library "Onesearch" and limit results to book reviews. Read some and focus on the content, how the author critiques, what the author critiques, and the structure of the review. Shoot for at least one page, but no more than four. Remember reviews do not focus solely on the negative. Respond to what the author did well, how they presented information, their experiments with sentence structure (if any), how the author relays information to make the reader feel precisely what the author intends, etc. Again, for more information on how to write a book review see the last file written by Laura Belcher who also wrote a book on how to write an academic journal paper in 12 weeks. The article is easy to understand, helpful, and includes the format, which is drastically different from MLA academic papers written for class. The example articles are on "Maus" by Art Spiegelman and two books of poetry from Li-young Lee, "Rose" and "The City in Which I love You." The following article, "The Endangered Scholarly Book Review" by Lynn Worshan, makes great points about why we hold still write book reviews, in essence, reviews let us exercise our mental muscles and they give us practical experience in writing and critically honing our intellectual skills. This a great first opportunity to get a head start on writing book reviews. Submit one today and in the future, you will be comfortable with the format and have a head start on other graduate and doctoral students. If published on the site, you can write it on your resume in a "publications" section. This is just what writers and continuing academics need. https://chronicle.com/article/The-Endangered-Scholarly-Book/131361/ (this is the same article as the one linked above) If you need more sources, check out Purdue's Writing lab that gives advice on how to read a book for a review or Trent University's page on the structure of book reviews. ![]()
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How to SubmitFrom your lancer mail email [email protected] the review in a word document. In the subject of the email write Summer Book Review and in the body of the email be sure to write your name, academic standing (freshman, sophomore, etc) and that you want the review to be published on the website. You can review any book you want: classic literature, fiction, non-fiction, biography, self-help, a book you read for class, or a book you checked off your reading list. We will email you a confirmation and let you know if it will be published (most likely it will). Submissions not written in the proper format will not be published.
Be the first published! Submit by May 15 for June publication June 15 for July publication July 15 for August publication April 23 is Shakespeare's birthday and to celebrate, the English Department, Sigma Tau, and the Creative Writing Club held a party for the 450th birthday of William Shakespeare. Enjoy this Monday, it is the first of many during Summer break; sleep in, watch Netflix all day, and eat some carbs. You can workout and get up early tomorrow.
Vanessa Roman Paper Towns by John Green I have read everything else by John Green and reading this book would make it so that everything that he has ever written I have read. Someone also gave my this book to read and another friend suggested it saying that it was one of their favorite books by John Green, so therefore I had to read it. A Song of Fire and Ice series by George R.R. Martin I love the television series and I have read a couple of the books to the series however, I wish to complete the task by finishing the series over summer. This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald This is one of the novels included with a couple short stories in the anthology that I own. I wanted to read this in the hopes to get a topic for my senior Capstone. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell I've been wanting to read this book for awhile, because I have seen the movie. Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews This is another book (and series) that I have been wanting to read since I was younger and never really had a chance to. I also did an assignment for one of my english classes at CBU that made me interested in this book. Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder I read this book in high school but now that I have take an upper division philosophy course I feel I can better understand the novel than before. I want to re-read this novel in the hopes that I will understand it in a new light. Danielle BrubakerThe Interestings by Meg Wolitzer I've heard fantastic things about this novel and how relatable it is to twenty-something year olds, so I've been wanting to read this book for a few months - I've just been so busy with school. But now I can finally read it! Once We Were Brothers by Ronald Balson I just took a Holocaust class this semester, so I've been eager to dive into this book! I can't wait to see things I've learned made into a good, yet informational novel. Iscariot by Tosca Lee We've all been taught that Judas betrayed Jesus and that he was a cruel and manipulative man, yet there is so much more behind Jesus' disciple that none of us know. I'm excited (and a bit nervous, to be honest) to read about the life of a man who I've grown up despising. Anna Hart1. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
2. 1000 Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 3. The City in Which I Love You by Li-Young Lee 4. PMLA March 2014 VOL 129 No 2 5. 1984 by George Orwell I started 1984 last summer and didn't get to finish it, so I am starting with that even though it is fifth on the list. I recently became a member of the MLA so now I get the PMLA at home and I am ready to read it. Lee's book of poetry I am most excited to read, I just finished his first book, Rose. HIs poetry books are not long so I know I can get through it before the Fall semester begins. |
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