Category: 2012 Challenges

Review: The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart

The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 11 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. The Crystal Cave is the first book in Mary Stewart’s Merlin Trilogy.  She based the series on Geoffrey of Manmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae (History… Continue Reading “Review: The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart”

Review: City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare Final Verdict: 3.25 out of 4.0 YTD: 10  Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting and believable. City of Ashes is book two in the Mortal Instruments trilogy by Cassandra Clare.  This installment picks up generally where book one… Continue Reading “Review: City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare”

Review: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins Final Verdict: 4.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 8  Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful. Wilkie Collins’s The Woman in White is widely accepted to be one of the first –and best- mystery and sensation novels.  The… Continue Reading “Review: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins”

Review: Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut

Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 7 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful (socially, academically, etc.) Player Piano is Kurt Vonnegut’s first novel, and one of his best.  It brings to mind all that is great… Continue Reading “Review: Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut”

Review: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 04  Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful (socially, academically, etc.) The Handmaid’s Tale is a rather terrifying vision of an America wherein the government has fallen to religious (Christian) extremists,… Continue Reading “Review: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood”