Literary Traveler Network | katie_davis | Activity https://www.literarytraveler.net/members/katie_davis/activity/ Activity feed for katie_davis. Sun, 27 Nov 2022 19:29:53 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 774704982e742cbea6b013aeb1ac974a katie_davis wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2011/04/charlotte-bronte-and-jane-eyre-independent-women/ Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:56:34 -0400 Thumbnail

Charlotte Brontë was no stranger to death. Her mother died when she was only five years old. When Brontë was nine years old both her older sisters died, and the rest of her siblings, Branwell, Emily, and Anne […]

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When I began reading Alain de Botton’s The Art of Travel, I was a bit taken aback by the author’s frankness. Only five percent of the way through (I was reading it on my Kindle), and already de Botton was […]

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Sigmund Freud is primarily recognized as an influential psychologist who developed the theory of psychoanalysis and famously authored The Interpretation of Dreams.  Then why have I received lectures on the Id, […]

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I have never read another book quite like Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go. First of all, it is a rather difficult novel to categorize. It seems somehow apt to label it science fiction, yet Ishiguro’s tranquil […]

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Amid the tempest of sequels and special effects that currently shrouds Hollywood, it seems difficult to find a good summer movie. Woody Allen’s latest production, Midnight in Paris, might cast off your […]

]]> 5989066177ebd424234ff6c0d22a68a2 katie_davis wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2011/07/kathryn-stocketts-the-help-building-bridges-and-breaking-down-barriers/ Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:55:43 -0400 ThumbnailKathryn Stockett’s debut novel, The Help, was recommended to me by a friend.  She described it as a book she just couldn’t put down, a book that allowed to her to immerse herself in a different world. I was eager […]

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It seems safe to assume that most people are familiar with one version or another of the tale of Peter Pan. Some generations may be more familiar with the dramatic adaptations, including the famous debut of Mary […]

]]> c7ae36c6ff59647a154a07088aa91641 katie_davis wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2011/07/dont-judge-a-writer-by-his-genre/ Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:55:43 -0400 ThumbnailI always disregarded the works of Stephen King. Despite (or perhaps due to) his wild popularity, I always thought of him as a “sell-out,” an author willing to rely on cheap cliffhangers and deliciously revolting […]

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For most people, a vacation means snoozing on the beach, catching rays by the lake, or reading for pleasure, but a new trend in tourism suggests that a vacation can be a truly life changing experience. Volunteer […]

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