Posted on August 4, 2013
by Adam Burgess
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Final Verdict: 4.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 46 Harper Lee’s noted –and only- work, To Kill a Mockingbird, has become a classic piece of literature and a staple of American culture and southern history. The narrator and… Continue Reading “Thoughts: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee”
Category: 1001 Books, American Lit, Book Review, Classics, Coming-of-Age, Courtroom Drama, Events, Fiction, Harper Lee, Historical Fiction, MockingbirdReads, Read-Alongs, Social Drama, Southern Lit
Posted on July 12, 2013
by Adam Burgess
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. Joyland by Stephen King Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 43 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful. Stephen King’s Joyland is the latest in his massive repertoire of what I will hereafter describe as “really cool reading stuff.” In this… Continue Reading “Review: Joyland by Stephen King”
Posted on July 9, 2013
by Adam Burgess
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. Divergent by Veronica Roth Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 41 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting and believable. In Chicago, sometime in the (not too distant) future, society has been torn apart by war, and those who remain have separated into… Continue Reading “Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth”
Posted on July 1, 2013
by Adam Burgess
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The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, Part Two by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 40 The Second Part of Don Quixote was published in 1615, exactly ten years after the first. According to Cervantes’s dedication, it… Continue Reading “Thoughts: Don Quixote, Part Two by Miguel Cervantes”
Category: 1001 Books, 2013 B2tC Challenge, 2013 Challenges, Book Review, CC-Spin, Chivalry, Classics, Classics Club, Comedy, Historical, Literature, metafiction, Miguel Cervantes, Morality Novel, Parody, Romance, Spanish
Posted on July 1, 2013
by Adam Burgess
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The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, Part One by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 40 Don Quixote is considered by many to be the first example of the contemporary novel-as-we-know-it, though I believe this is… Continue Reading “Thoughts: Don Quixote, Part One by Miguel Cervantes”
Category: 1001 Books, 2013 B2tC Challenge, 2013 Challenges, Book Review, Chivalry, Classics, Classics Club, Comedy, Historical, Historical Fiction, Literature, Miguel Cervantes, Morality Novel, Parody, Romance, Spanish
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