Women in Fiction

Quite a while ago now (in Internet terms at least), Preeti Chhibber started the hashtag #Womeninfiction on Twitter. She wrote about it here for Book Riot, and though it’s been a while, I still wanted to offer up my reasoning for why I chose the women I did, because I did not do so the night I posted my tweets.

Lady Julia Grey is My Secret Twin

I hardly ever identify with female protagonists. Either they’re too pretty, too privileged, or too prissy. Sometimes all three.

Third Month of No New Books? Maybe…

Or maybe not. I may or may not have purchased some books. And not just from the used bookstore. I might have bought some NEW books.