About

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAClare McBride is a French-American Southern fried geek and aspiring publishing jacqueline-of-all-trades. She writes and edits in and around Atlanta, Georgia.

The Literary Omnivore’s schedule is as follows:

Monday: Review or Page to Screen of new theatrical release
Tuesday: The Literary Horizon
Wednesday: Review or Reading by Ear
Thursday: Booking Through Thursday
Friday: Review or Page to Screen
Sunday: The Sunday Salon

Curious about what Clare is going to read next? Try rifling through her reading list.

The Literary Omnivore was established on September 29, 2009.

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  1. My first book, MACBETH’S NIECE, is a romantic historical with Tessa’s story unfolding in the foreground as Macbeth rises and falls. Kidnapped and taken to England by spy Jeffrey Brixton, Tessa struggles against the English army, the predictions of three witches, and the whispers of her own heart.

  2. What, I get no co-author status on the Unofficial Guide to WDW, Clare? Ouch. ;-)

    Let me know if you have any questions about the book. And thanks for reading it.

  3. Not sure if these are already on your reading list but I REALLY think you should give these ago..:

    Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugeunides
    Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
    The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield.

    All amazing!

    Enjoyed reading some of your reviews!

  4. You refer to yourself as ‘literary critic in training’. Certainly I’m impressed at the quality of your posts in my first glances through. Is literary criticism something you’re planning to do professionally?

    I started blogging last year, purely in self-defense when I got sick of trying to remember which books I had or had not already requested from the library. This is SO much harder to do than I had realized… I started with only myself as the expected audience, just putting in reminders about plot points or character names that I had liked or disliked… but now I am starting to rank books so that people could pull up a list of what I really recommend.

    Do *you* have a particular audience in mind?

    • I seriously doubt I’ll go into academia (although I wouldn’t mind writing for any publication as a literary critic), but I’ll always look critically at literature—it’s just what I do. I call myself that because that’s exactly what studying literature at my college is training me to do; whether or not I follow through isn’t up to them, though! :)

      As far as an audience, I think I write for the general audience of the Internet, as I’ve gathered from years in fandom—a space that tends to be, more or less, dominated by more liberal Western women (though I try not to assume anything about a potential reader). And, of course, myself, and I like to read entertaining reviews that praise the good and eviscerate the bad without idolizing or demonizing the author. Hopefully, I’ve accomplished that!

  5. Great critique on The Devil in The White City! I stumbled upon your piece while searching for online reviews for an AP Language and Composition Term Paper concerning the validity of Erik Larson’s work. I plan on using and sourcing your work into my piece. I hope my teacher accepts this piece as being from a credible source, one you surely appear to be, based on the extent, as we as high level, of reviews submitted to your site.

  6. Great site you have here. Kind of funny how the internet works, I live less than 45 miles from you but I found your website by visiting the website of a guy who lives in Scotland!

    I like the way you have your reading list laid out, It’s given me a bit of inspiration to try to get back to work on mine. I also am glad to see I’m not the only one who makes notes of what is and isn’t available in the PINES system.

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  8. Hello Claire,

    This blog is AMAZING! Oh, we’re so proud of you and all you’ve accomplished here. We will definitely be back when we have time to meander.

    My name is Rae Loisel and I am the Mother of El Presidente, Gabi Loisel ;-) of the ASC Film Depreciation Club. Gabi has shared much about you and the other girls, she loves and enjoys you so much. I would like for you to check your fb message (from Stephanie Worrell, Aunt & Mother #2) for a secret missive concerning Gabi’s 21st birthday.

    Thanks so much, dear. And keep up the good work.

    Rae & Stephanie

    P.S. I (Stephanie) am just starting my own blog, awomanandhergod, here. It’s still private right now, but when it’s time for my big reveal, I’ll definitely invite you over! :-)

  9. Hi Clare, I just saw your response to my post about the Sci-Fi Book Club edition of The Lord of the Rings. I have a photo for you. What would be the best way to get it to you? If you want to give me an email address without posting it publicly, feel free to stop by my blog and leave it in the comments somewhere, which I moderate. I won’t post it, I’ll just use it! :)

  10. Clare,
    Thank you for sharing your blog’s address with me. I just read your review of the Muppets’ Christmas Carol, long a favorite of mine, and am looking forward to catching up on earlier reviews.
    Paul

  11. I really love that you have a schedule for such a brilliant and absorbing hobby, Claire. It’s obvious you make books a huge part of your life…I look at my reading..and writing, and like most things, feel I am just playing at it. Bravo to you! Now I really must attend to my own blog!

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