I've never had the pleasure of reading the entire work of one author, but if I ever set out to do it, doing so in chronological order would be incredibly satisfying. By doing so, the reader will likely notice small progressions in the author's writing and be able to comment on which book is the author's best. I cannot …
Put this on a list of books most likely to be recommended to my Grandmother. Here is a book that hooked me right from the start. John Ames is an elderly minister who is dying of a heart condition. He writes about his life addressed to his six-year-old son so he can have something to …
Had you told me this novel would not put a priority on character development, abandon all signs of traditional sentence structure, and let the historical context be a backdrop rather than a focal point I would have told you this won't have a big impact on me. My first experience with Saunders, his first novel, …
Continue reading Book Review / Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Hey friends! The time has come where I reached my reread of East of Eden by John Steinbeck. To make this experience more fun I decided to host a read-along through Goodreads. I will link the group below. The read will begin June 1st. You are welcome to begin anytime you would like and finish whenever …
There's something so entertaining to me about a bunch of strangers, each coming from different walks of life, who become stuck on a bus together and are forced to coincide despite their desire to be absolutely anywhere else. But it has to be written with distinct characters or it doesn't work. The Wayward Bus is …
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I didn't really know much about this one going into it other than forming an idea based on the image of a boy and a pearl on the penguin classics cover. But it's not even a grown boy in the story, it's only a baby. Maybe it was actually the Dad and I didn't look …
Dubliners is a set of fifteen stories that focus on its residents, the political climate, and its social structure in the early 1900's. Most of the stories deal with defining moments in a characters life that impact their futures. One thing that instantly appealed to me was Joyce's ability to describe a scene and illustrate …
It's funny when you go into a book blindly and it's not as you expected. I thought this novella would be a serious romance story with heavy descriptions and set in one place-- one with a view. As I was bracing for a pretentious, boring tale of some sort it took me longer than I'd …
Continue reading Book Review / A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
A Little Life begins as a story about four broke friends with high ambitions but turns into what is really a story about one character. Over the course of decades, we follow Jude, the brightest of the four of them but also the most damaged. Despite a horrifying past that he is withholding from everyone …
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Hey bloggers! I'm back. I'm still alive and reading. Still making my way through Steinbeck's books slowly but surely. Freshly off a reread of Cannery Row, thought I'd share some thoughts and get back into the habit of posting reviews. I also may look to dip into more things entertainment related-- more books, music, movies, television. …
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My Rating: 3 of 5 Stars Page Count: 272 Date Finished: September 9, 2017 Since reading The Road earlier this year I've been looking forward to reading more McCarthy. I wanted to get more of a feel for his style before hitting his more prominent works so I figured why not start with his …
Continue reading Book Review / The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy
Books Over Troubled Water 