Aside from today being the World Cup Final, it is also the 50th Anniversary of the publishing of To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. If y’all haven’t read To Kill A Mockingbird yet, you really need to. It’s a gorgeous Saturday and today I took the time to re-read this classic. I know it’s […]
Review of The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
July 3, 2010
I don’t often read children’s books. I don’t consider YA to be children’s literature. This means I am not as well-read in a certain genre as I would like to be. Now when I say children’s lit, I don’t mean picture books. I mean the books that are in the juvenile section of the library […]
Review of The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
June 26, 2010
The Last Unicorn is a truly beautiful, breathtaking book. It is very short, but quite a bit is packed into those pages.
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell: Some Thoughts or THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND
June 15, 2010
The wonderful Allie at A Literary Odyssey is hosting a readalong of Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell, and today is the day to post thoughts on chapters 1-8. I suppose you probably want to know what exactly Cranford is about, eh? Well, there isn’t really an overarching plot, rather, this is a series of connected, gentle […]
Review of The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas
April 28, 2010
Y’all I am an Alexandre Dumas fan girl. If I could resurrect him and make him be my writer boyfriend, I totally would (sorry boo!). Last summer I read the unabridged Count of Monte Cristo translated by Robin Buss* over a period of two weeks. I am a generally fast reader, especially when I have […]
Thoughts on Germinal by Emile Zola: The Classics Circuit
April 15, 2010
Ah, Germinal, I have such a fun history with you. When I hear your title, I am brought back to a bland history classroom. I think of 5th period, when I learned of world revolutions and plagues, not to mention royal family trees with so few branches. I think of AP Euro, with it’s mix […]