MarisaDec 10, 2020Literary Cocktail: A Christmas Carol's Smoking Bishop“A merrier Christmas, Bob, my good fellow, than I have given you, for many a year! I’ll raise your salary, and endeavour to assist your...
MarisaNov 30, 2020In Awe of Art: Edmund Burke's Theory of the SublimeIn 1757 Irish writer Edmund Burke published his treaty ‘A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and...
MarisaNov 25, 2020Tipple in a Teacup: The Lady and Leaf CocktailToday I have a cocktail recipe that will be both your after-dinner dessert and your cup of tea (pun intended)! I have the absolute...
MarisaNov 13, 2020Holiday Giving 2020: A Gift Guide for Avid Readers (that doesn't include another tote bag!)Love bookish gifts, but don’t need another blanket, mug, or candle? Prefer people didn't add to your presonalized TBR pile? I’ve got you...
MarisaNov 11, 2020Remembrance Day 2020 #CanadaRemembersYou may be familiar with his words, but do you know the man who wrote ‘In Flanders Fields’? John McCrae was a Canadian military surgeon...
MarisaNov 2, 2020Reader-Response Theory: Putting the "You" Back into Literary Criticism!When diving into literary criticism, I always encourage people to start with reader-response theory because it is something most people...