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 …
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East of Eden Readalong
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 …
Book Review / The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck
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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Book Review / The Pearl by John Steinbeck
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 …
Book Review / Dubliners by James Joyce
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 …
Book Review / A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
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 …
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I’m Back! + Review of Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
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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Book Review / The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy
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 …
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Book Review / In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck
My Rating: 3 of 5 Stars Page Count: 355 Date Finished: September 6, 2017 In Dubious Battle is a solid book. It's Steinbeck's first full-length novel considering the others up to this point are more like novellas. What I enjoyed about this one is that Steinbeck's straightforward storytelling ability shines through. He doesn't do …
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Book Review / Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
My Rating: 4 of 5 Stars Page Count: 309 Date Finished: August 18, 2017 This one is rough to say the least. It's even more painful knowing that the novel is semi-autobiographical. Allison's first novel, published in 1992, is set in Greenville, South Carolina sometime during the 1950's. Though set in the 50's, the …
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Books Over Troubled Water 