Roof Beam Reader
A Writer and His Reading
Category: 2011 Challenges
Review: The Optimist’s Daughter by Eudora Welty
The Optimist’s Daughter by Eudora Welty Final Verdict: 3.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 68 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. The Optimist’s Daughter is primarily a story about place, position, and values, although it does also touch on familial relationships and dealing… Continue Reading “Review: The Optimist’s Daughter by Eudora Welty”
Review: A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 6 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. Well, well, well. I suppose I should have known that enjoying this first book in the Sherlock Holmes series… Continue Reading “Review: A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle”
Review: The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau Final Verdict: 3.25 out of 4.0 YTD: 4 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. It is sometime in the future, on planet Earth, and something rather terrible has happened. For reasons not explained (though one… Continue Reading “Review: The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau”
Review: It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini Final Verdict: 3.25 out of 4.0 YTD: 2 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting and believable 15-year-old Craig is having problems. He sees a psycho-pharmacologist and psychologist regularly, he takes Zoloft, smokes pot, can’t eat,… Continue Reading “Review: It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini”
