The book, which already seems to have earned a place in the admittedly small canon of genuinely great rock lit, is dishy but not lurid, technical but not wonky.
About three months after each season, once the dust has settled and the villa morphs into a great neon-lit graveyard of grafting – once the couples who vowed to stay #togetherforever realise that forever is quite a long time – the jewels split from the rubble.
I was very fortunate, my senior year in high school, to have the greatest English-lit teacher, Mr. Mahaffey.
It's great that the lit crit community now recognises how wonderful she is too".
Or, you can arrange the candles in a cute, decorative carton for display but take great care when lit, as the carton can easily catch on fire.
The recommendations are coming from authors, and not just any authors, but some of the greatest children's lit (or any lit) writers alive.
But how they are kept apart for nearly 400 pages is the engine of Mr. Collins's book, which employs many time-tested romantic and comedic conventions, including a deus ex machina midway through that annihilates the couple's largest obstacle, and lots of high-blown literary references (to Keats and other comp lit greats).
Keeping wheels rolling, jets flying, and factories and lights lit are great balancing acts of the modern world balancing often incompatible and frequently subtle economic, environmental and strategic considerations.
With the new Baz Luhrmann movie sweeping the globe, original novel topping bestseller charts, and fandoms exploding over the Internet, I was inspired to share my two cents on the title character's so-called "greatness," inspired by a lecture on The Great Gatsby from my comparative lit class last year.
"They're not well-lit, not great angles.
