metaphor

Reading time: Just over 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors and similes from Tom Mueller… I’ve long considered myself a foodie, and when I heard there was a splendid book exposing deceit […]

Reading time: Just over 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes and metaphors from Louis Bayard…. When I read Louis Bayard’s historical novel Courting Mr. Lincoln, I wasn’t sure the book impressed me.

Reading time: Just over 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes and metaphors from Anthony Lane… I don’t drink much, even at dinner parties. But in the summer I do love a weak

Reading time: Less than 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors and similes from Burkhard Bilger…. As the mother of now-adult triplets, I spent several years deep in the trenches, feeding difficult, picky

Reading time: Less than 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors from James McBride…. I’ve been a dedicated reader since I was six years old. But if you backed me up against a

Reading time: Less than 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors from Elizabeth Weil…. Even though I have almost zero interest in organized sports, (let me read, instead!) I watched some of the

Reading time: Just over 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors from Delia Owens…. I had heard many positive comments about Delia Owens’ first novel. As well, It had topped the The New

Reading time: Less than 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of images from American writer Mary Grimm…. I’d never before read any of the work of Mary Grimm, pictured above, a professor of English

Reading time: Just over 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors from Craig Brown…. I’m not normally terribly interested in what the royal family might be up to. But when I heard (via

Reading time: Less than 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors from American writer Patricia Hampl…. The book was lying on my bedside table, and my husband happened to glance at it. “What a