Category: Book Review

Thoughts: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Posted on February 3, 2013 by

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Mansfield Park by Jane Austen Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 10 Jane Austen is perched on a curious point in the literary timeline, caught somewhat between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, both of which influenced her work. She greatly admires Samuel Johnson… Continue Reading “Thoughts: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen”

Category: 1001 Books, Book Review, British Literature, Jane Austen, Pragmatism, Romanticism, Victorian

Brief Thoughts: 3 Texts on Literary Theory

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

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How to Read Literature like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster YTD: 07 Goodreads Summary: What does it mean when a fictional hero takes a journey? Shares a meal? Gets drenched in a sudden rain shower? Often, there is much more going on in… Continue Reading “Brief Thoughts: 3 Texts on Literary Theory”

Category: Annamarie Jagose, Book Review, Feminism, GLBT, LGBT, Literary History, Literary Theory, Literature, Margaret Walters, Non-Fiction, PhD, Queer Theory, Theory, Thomas C. Foster

Thoughts: The Gunslinger by Stephen King

Posted on January 20, 2013 by

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The Gunslinger by Stephen King Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 6 The Gunslinger is Book 1 in Stephen King’s self-proclaimed magnum opus, the Dark Tower series. King was heavily influenced by Tolkien’s epic fantasy, The Lord of the Rings but, though he… Continue Reading “Thoughts: The Gunslinger by Stephen King”

Category: 2013 TBR Pile Challenge, Book Review, Fantasy, Fiction, Stephen King

Thoughts: Orlando by Virginia Woolf

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

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Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf Final Verdict: 4.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 5 Orlando is Virginia Woolf’s sixth major work and was written in a year, between To the Lighthouse and The Waves. It is an epic novel and historical biography which follows… Continue Reading “Thoughts: Orlando by Virginia Woolf”

Category: 1001 Books, 2013 B2tC Challenge, 2013 Challenges, 2013 TBR Pile Challenge, Art, Book Review, British Literature, Classics, Classics Club, Feminism, Fiction, Fictional Biography, Gay Lit, Gender Identity, Giveaway, Giveaway Hop, Giveaways, GLBT, LGBT, Literary History, Literature, Monthly Review, Sexuality, Time, Virginia Woolf

Thoughts: The Alchemyst by Michael Scott

Posted on January 13, 2013 by

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The Alchemyst by Michael Scott Final Verdict: 2.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 4 The Alchemyst by Michael Scott is book one in “The Secrets of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel,” a YA fantasy series often likened to Harry Potter. Sophie and Josh Newman, teenagers and… Continue Reading “Thoughts: The Alchemyst by Michael Scott”

Category: 2013 Challenges, 2013 TBR Pile Challenge, Book Review, Fantasy, Fiction, Michael Scott, Mythology, Young Adult

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