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The 2025 Book Awards
Welcome to the 2025 Book Awards! I'm your host, Kendall, and I'll be bringing you through all of my favorite books and story elements of the year.
Kendall Carroll
Jan 220 min read


Hamlet The Showgirl
As much as I like having one song based on Hamlet, that's not enough for me. I want a million songs based on Hamlet. I want 12, at least. So, what if "The Fate of Ophelia" wasn't the only song about my favorite play? What if all of them were?
Kendall Carroll
Oct 12, 20257 min read


The Fall of The Empyrean
All of the big questions that I left Fourth Wing with got replaced with just one: What happened?
Kendall Carroll
May 19, 20255 min read


AI is Killing the Creative Arts
It’s hard to be online nowadays without encountering AI in some way.
Kendall Carroll
Feb 7, 20258 min read


The 2024 Book Awards
Welcome to the 2024 Book Awards! I'm your host, Kendall, and I'll be bringing you through all of my favorite books and story elements of...
Kendall Carroll
Jan 1, 202514 min read


Four Queer Books You Might Not Have Heard Of (Yet!)
Finding good queer books can be difficult, especially if you're someone like me who is not the biggest fan of the romance genre. As we're...
Kendall Carroll
Aug 7, 20243 min read


Alphabet Challenge 2023
If you've never heard of the Alphabet Challenge, it's a book reading challenge where you try to read a book that starts with each letter...
Kendall Carroll
Nov 11, 20237 min read


Welcome to the Rebrand!
Hello, dear readers. It’s been a while. Since we last spoke, I graduated college! A whole semester early, actually, and I’m still not...
Kendall Carroll
Aug 27, 20232 min read


The First Divergent Book is Either Anti-Democracy or Just Written Poorly (Spoiler: It's the Second)
CW: vague mentions of child abuse Important disclaimer: I am not saying Veronica Roth is against the idea of a representative democracy,...
Kendall Carroll
Mar 11, 20228 min read


"Divergent" is Alarmingly Anti-Vax, Whether Intentional or Not
First, an important disclaimer: I do not know if Veronica Roth is anti-vax, nor am I trying to imply she is. This is an analysis of the...
Kendall Carroll
Mar 4, 20225 min read


Tris Prior is a Christian and Really Shouldn’t Be: An Explanation of Christian Authors' Biggest Sin
CW: a lot of discussion about religion and Christianity (obviously), brief mentions of death and suicide/self sacrifice Recently, I’ve...
Kendall Carroll
Feb 25, 20229 min read
Let's Talk About Aphobia (And How to Avoid It)
As part of our book club that mostly was rereading books that were popular in middle school, my friend and I read The Selection series by...
Kendall Carroll
Nov 21, 20219 min read


Let's Talk About Young Aces
There's nothing I hate more than some good old fashioned ace discourse, but of course it came out in full force for Ace Week. I couldn't...
Kendall Carroll
Nov 7, 20218 min read


Let's Talk About Labels
People love labels. We love to come up with little words to summarize an entire group of people’s shared experiences. Psychologically,...
Kendall Carroll
Sep 26, 20215 min read


Let's Talk About Book Twitter's Aphobia
I really made a whole post talking about how aphobia on the Internet recently that it briefly drove me out of asexuality, only for...
Kendall Carroll
Sep 19, 20217 min read


Let's Talk About My Asexual Pride
CW: acephobia, general aphobia, talking about anxiety Disclaimer: I know that this is not a uniquely asexual experience, and I also know...
Kendall Carroll
Sep 12, 20216 min read
Cancel Culture: Canceling Authors
This is all based off of something that happened a long time ago, but I still have a lot of thoughts about it. As many people might know,...
Kendall Carroll
Aug 29, 20216 min read
Book Thoughts: Rebellion in "The Hunger Games"
CW: Spoilers for the Hunger Games series, discussions of death/war (from the book), brief mention of racism/sundown towns at the end...
Kendall Carroll
Aug 22, 202111 min read


How to Not be a Pretentious Reader
Most of you will know that I'm an English major, and I chose to major in English because I genuinely love reading. Eventually I want to...
Kendall Carroll
Aug 15, 20217 min read
Let's Talk About Purity Culture (from an Asexual)
1 Timothy 4:12, NIV Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct,...
Kendall Carroll
Aug 1, 20217 min read
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