Bits and pieces from our little corner of Texas.
The Blind Owl is one of those rare works that so effectively depicts a person’s descent into dark madness that it threatens to drag the reader under, too. It reminded me a bit of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper, albeit much more violent.
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It’s a story that should be required reading for any student of the history of our country, personalizing as it does the horrors of slavery — but it’s also the kind of book that a reader has to brace for before jumping in.
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If I was friends with Gone with the Wind on Facebook, our relationship status would be… It’s Complicated.
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Well, if this is a novel for ‘grown-up people’ I don’t even want to grow up.
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My subconscious is apparently supremely masochistic.
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I’m just not quite sure how to offer a recommendation or a rating for this one.
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