Jason's Literary Corner

 Currently, JD Vance is the Vice Presidential candidate for the Republican party in the United States. However, this piece will not discuss his political views, at least not in depth. What it will do is discuss Senator Vance’s 2016 book, Hillbilly Elegy. It will highlight his upbringing and the influence of a sound support system on a person. By the end of this review, if you agree with JD’s political leanings, hopefully, you will see things the way I do. I believe that America is indeed the land of opportunity. JD Vance is only two years older than me. He was born on August 2 nd , 1984 in Middletown, Ohio. He grew up extremely poor but learned that family was essential early on. Throughout the book, he highlights misadventures in his youth. One of my favorite stories from the early portion of the book occurred when his Memaw and Pepaw ransacked a store because a clerk was rude to JD. It was funny because I listened to it on audio, but back in the 80s, I could see my dad or ...

  For anyone who knows me, they will tell you I am a huge crime fiction fan. One of the most prolific crime fiction writers is James Patterson. He has way too many book series to count. I swear that guy does nothing but come up with ideas for novels. He has gotten so good now that he can collaborate with other people. All he has to do now is come up with the idea, and they actually write the story, or at least, I think so. Sorry if I am wrong, Mr. Patterson. My late Nana gave me the first James Patterson book I read in 2007. That year was bittersweet. I found some good books, including Step on a Crack, but unfortunately, my Nana passed away. Maybe that is why I’ve read the book five times now. I’ve read it twice by myself and three times with other people. Every time I listen to it, it gets better. It was initially published in 2007, and I’m such a nerd and a bibliophile that I went out and bought a physical copy. I think it was my late Nana who inspired my love of reading. The...

I recently finished the book “Year of the Tiger,” written by Alice Wong.  I thought I would be reading another disability memoir, but I was wrong. Alice’s book was not a memoir. It was what I like to call an anti-memoir. Her book made me rethink the direction that my advocacy is meant to take. The rest of this piece will highlight key concepts of the book that I believe will improve how I advocate for people with disabilities.  Finally, it will serve as my version of a thank you letter to Alice for her tremendous honesty and bluntness. Her book is divided into seven sections. Each section follows a theme and comprises several essays embodying that theme. For example, all the essays in Origins describe how Alice’s activism began. Two essays in this section resonated with me. The first is the one that starts the section. It is entitled “A Mutant from Planet Crypton: An Origin.” This essay describes Alice’s birth and the development of her identity as a new mutant from pla...

My name is Jason Hahr, and welcome back to my literary corner of the Internet. I started a blog similar to this one in 2022. At the behest of my girlfriend, I decided to revitalize it in 2024 after I started reading again. She figures I read between 5 and 6 books a month and sometimes a whole lot more. I post reviews on Goodreads, and people tend to comment on them. Why not expand and create more book lovers while doing so?   The first book I am going to review in the new era of Jason Literary Corner is a book that came out in 2004 called Crank by Ellen Hopkins. When I first heard about this book, I wasn’t sure what to expect. A movie with a similar title came out in 2006, and I thought that since I loved it, I might as well read the book it was based on, but it was nothing like the movie. Indeed, it was completely different. Here’s a note to Hollywood: When you make a movie, make sure there is no book with the same title that is entirely different from your film so you don’t ...