Author: allison burris
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Sorry for the radio silence the past couple of weeks; my boyfriend, Paul, and I have just moved to Boise, Idaho from Oregon following his graduation and his first real job (which means I get to keep writing and doing calligraphy). All the moving, and the first week of having no internet meant that posting…
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It’s hard to write about yourself. Examining yourself objectively isn’t easy, and to share your weaknesses as well as strengths with the world is even more difficult. However, this is the essential skill needed to write a good autobiography. Katharine Graham’s autobiography is perhaps the most frank and insightful of any I’ve read. Born into…
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I love when you pick up the first book in a series and it’s simultaneously satisfying yet you still want to read the next books. A Discovery of Witches, the first in All Souls Trilogy, was just like that. If you were a fan of the Twilight books–these will absolutely blow you away with the superb…
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A wedding I did calligraphy for was featured on Elegant Weddings! Oceanview Traditional Wedding
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This book requires a bit of effort and dedication; it’s not for the faint of heat. The writing is witty, and the characters are fully fleshed. You are totally immersed in the world of the 1830s with all its trials and tribulations. The closest thing I can compare this book to is Jane Austen’s Emma,…
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There’s not too much mention of food in Malala Yousafzai’s autobiography, except in passing. For the most part, foods are either associated with the familiar smells and tastes of Pakistan, or they are associated with the alienness of England. This breakfast though is mentioned twice, first in Pakistan and then in England as a way…
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Normally I have a really hard time with history books because they focus a lot on things I don’t really care that much about: male power struggles over land and resources. I don’t deny that such things are worthy of study–I just don’t want to be the one who does it. I’m far more interested…
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This retelling of the classic fairy tale Snow White is dark, twisted, and entirely enjoyable. The story is rich and complex and the writing is sophisticated, but still light enough to be read casually. The characters aren’t exactly likable, though there are notable exceptions, but they’re completely fascinating. Let’s just say there’s a lot going…
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I didn’t know very much about Zelda Fitzgerald before reading this book (and obviously this was fiction, though well-researched, so there’s still a lot I don’t know about her), but I felt afterwards that I understood her more, and I understood how difficult life had been for her. I’m sorry to say I’d never really…
Allison Burris 