Elizabeth Allen
Lifelong book lover, Elizabeth Allen managed to get a degree in something completely unrelated that she never intends to use. She’s a proud Connecticut native who lives in a picturesque small town with her black olive-obsessed toddler daughter, her prom date-turned-husband, and her two dim-witted cats Penny Lane and Gretchen Wieners.
She spends her days trying to find a way to be paid to read while drinking copious amounts of coffee, watching episodes of Gilmore girls until the DVDs fail, waiting for her husband to feed her, and being obnoxiously vain about her hair.
Elizabeth’s work can be found at www.blackwhitereadbooks.com, where she is currently reading and reviewing all of the books referenced in Gilmore girls. She is also the cohost of two podcasts discussing the work of Amy Sherman-Palladino (“Under the Floorboards” and “Stumbling Ballerinas”).
Basically, her entire goal in life is to be a bookish Lorelai Gilmore. She clearly dreams big.
Twitter: @BWRBooks
Why Do We Accept Unlikable Characters On the Screen but Not the Page?
Elizabeth Allen
July 13, 2016
On our tendency to forgive unlikability from characters on the big and small screens, but not from literary characters.
Bloomsday or Bust: What I’d Rather Do Than Reread ULYSSES
Elizabeth Allen
June 24, 2016
A list of things one reader would rather do than reread ULYSSES
Think Differently: A Neurodiversity Little Free Library
Elizabeth Allen
June 23, 2016
Meet a Nebraska Little Free Library that focuses on books about neurodiversity!
THE INTERESTINGS Gets the Small Screen Treatment
Elizabeth Allen
June 21, 2016
The Interestings is now an Amazon show...but is it any good?
Who is Cliff?: A History of CliffsNotes
Elizabeth Allen
May 31, 2016
Enjoy a brief (naturally) history of Cliffs Notes, beloved tool of procrastinating readers!
AS IF!: Literary References in Clueless
Elizabeth Allen
May 25, 2016
It's not just an adaptation of Emma! Clueless is packed with literary references.
My Travels with the Joyceans
Elizabeth Allen
May 9, 2016
One reader encounters...passionate...Joyce fans in her attempt to read Ulysses.
Paperback Writer: Books About The Beatles
Elizabeth Allen
May 2, 2016
Books for fans of The Beatles!