Carson Mccullers – Cannonball Read 17

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter – Carson McCullers (1940)

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

July 10, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

CBR13Bingo – White Whale From a combination of reading a lot of Southern literature in college and beyond, from various book lists like the MLA Top 100 and plenty of other sources, this is one of those books that’s been in my conscientiousness for a long time, and for whatever reason, I avoided reading it. It’s interesting too because I’ve A Member of the Wedding a few times, and all of McCullers’s short stories, but for whatever reason, I find myself only reading it now. […]

But damn, that title

August 25, 2017 by octothorp Leave a Comment

I went into this book knowing nothing about it other than having heard the title. But, damn, that title is great. I figured anyone who can write that hook couldn’t do too bad with a novel, but judging a book by its title is only marginally less idiotic than judging by its cover. I was an English major so I don’t need every book to be literary popcorn, but at the risk of seeming like a dullard, I was bored to tears by this book. […]

The screen door slammed and the Law said: “Here’s your Daddy come to take you home.”

June 24, 2017 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is probably the novel people should teach instead of To Kill a Mockingbird. I think To Kill a Mockingbird is fine, but it’s not beloved for me. And I think this novel has a more meaningful and interesting take on the weirdness and outsiderness of race and childhood in the South than To Kill a Mockingbird. This story takes place in the time leading up to a wedding. Frankie, a young white girl, and her companion and caretaker Berenice keeping each other company as the world around […]

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