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Maddie Rodriguez

Maddie Rodriguez is a freelance writer and communications specialist who earned her MA in English Literature from the University of Victoria by writing about The Age of Innocence and Gossip Girl (yes, really). When not writing, Maddie can be found reading or watching television; she has Too Many Feelings about both activities, and expresses them via expansive hand gestures or ALL CAPS (depending on how far away the conversation's other party is). Maddie and her fellow reader/writer partner live in Ottawa. They share their apartment with an ever-encroaching tower of books and two calamity-prone cats. Life is never dull. Twitter: @MaddieMuses

One Woman: A Dispatch from the Bureau of Serious Literature

From: The Bureau of Serious Literature Subject: One Woman   Dear Author: As liberally-minded Creator, you are doubtless aware that ...

Literary Fashion Icons

So I am a person who likes clothes. I care about how I look and what I put on my ...

“Where Were You When…?”: On Bookish Memories

“Where were you when ….?” is the kind of question often reserved for the aftermath of huge, world-changing (and often ...

With Friends Like These, Who Needs (the word) Frenemies?

Six months late (as usual), I’ve finally worked through my TBR list far enough to get to Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant ...

Fan(ne)girl

When I say Anne of Green Gables has been in my life as long as I can remember, I mean ...

Dreamcasting The Avengers … with Jane Austen Characters

Unless you have been living in a cave without wifi for the last six months, you are probably aware that a ...

Genre Kryptonite: Beauty and the Beast Retellings

Earnest preamble: I am fully aware of the dangerous, sexist subtext of the Beauty and the Beast story. The message ...

How My TV Obsession Got Me Reading Book Series

Last week was a dorky milestone for me: I finally created separate “book release” calendar for my iCal,  prompted largely ...

Clone Club Book Club: The Bookish Picks of Orphan Black

Note: the following post contains spoilers for season two of Orphan Black. The Orphan Black clone club dance party of ...

How Much Time Is Enough Time For Reading?

The other day I was waiting for the bus and I found myself doing what I call “booktime math”: checking ...