Category: 1001 Books

Review: Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

Posted on December 26, 2012 by

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Cannery Row by John Steinbeck Final Verdict: 4.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 54 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful (socially, academically, etc.) Cannery Row is a unique stand-out amongst Steinbeck’s works, for many reasons.  One of these is that, unlike with East… Continue Reading “Review: Cannery Row by John Steinbeck”

Category: 1001 Books, 2012 TBR Challenge, American Lit, Book Review, Classics, Community, Depression, Fiction, Friendship, John Stephens, Literature, Loneliness, Mental Health

Review: The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

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The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 42 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting and believable. The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion is considered to be (by its narrator) “the saddest story” ever told.  The implication… Continue Reading “Review: The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford”

Category: 1001 Books, Adultery, Book Review, British Literature, Classics, Fiction, Ford Madox Ford, Literature, Modernism, PhD, Unreliable Narrator

Review: The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst (#OthersLitLGBT)

Posted on October 17, 2012 by

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The Swimming Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 45 The Swimming-Pool Library is somehow both more and less than it would first appear.  Its main character, William Beckwith, is a wealthy, privileged young man – an inheritor of… Continue Reading “Review: The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst (#OthersLitLGBT)”

Category: 1001 Books, Alan Hollinghurst, Book Review, British Literature, Fiction, Gay Lit, GLBT, LGBT, Literary Others Event, Literature

Review: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

Posted on October 8, 2012 by

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 41 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting, believable, and impactful. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is the story of a group of men residing in an Oregon (USA) mental… Continue Reading “Review: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey”

Category: 1001 Books, American Lit, American Mythology, Book Review, Fiction, Ken Kesey, LGBT, Literary Others Event, Literature, Mental Health, The Beats

Review: Seize the Day by Saul Bellow

Posted on September 27, 2012 by

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Seize the Day by Saul Bellow Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 40 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting and believable. Poor Tommy Wilhelm.  Lost, jobless, loveless, and completely devoid of pride or any self-confidence.  This is Tommy’s day of reckoning.  When the novella… Continue Reading “Review: Seize the Day by Saul Bellow”

Category: 1001 Books, American Lit, Book Review, Classics, Fiction, Jewish-American, Literature, Modernism, PhD, post-World War II

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