Category: Book Review

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

Review: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Final Verdict: 4.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 38 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful (socially, academically, etc.) “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in… Continue Reading “Review: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen”

Category: 1001 Books, Book Review, British Literature, Classics, Jane Austen, Literature

Review: A Lost Lady by Willa Cather

Posted on September 9, 2012 by

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Book Review Template Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 36 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful (socially, academically, etc.) “If her image flashed into his mind, it came with a brightness of dark eyes, her pale triangular cheeks with long earrings,… Continue Reading “Review: A Lost Lady by Willa Cather”

Category: American Lit, Book Review, Classics, Literature, Realism, Regionalism, Willa Cather

Review: Le Livre Blanc by Jean Cocteau

Posted on September 6, 2012 by

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Le Livre Blanc by Jean Cocteau Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 35 Le Livre Blanc was first published anonymously in 1928.  Many people immediately attributed the work to Cocteau, based on its themes, style, and presence of characters from other Cocteau works; however,… Continue Reading “Review: Le Livre Blanc by Jean Cocteau”

Category: Book Review, Fiction, French, Gay Lit, GLBT

Review: The Marbury Lens by Andrew Smith

Posted on September 4, 2012 by

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The Marbury Lens by Andrew Smith Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 34 This review may contain minor spoilers. Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. Poor Jack.  Sixteen years old and still a virgin.  Then, in one night, he has the opportunity… Continue Reading “Review: The Marbury Lens by Andrew Smith”

Category: Addiction, Andrew Smith, Andrew Smith Event, Book Review, Drugs, Dystopia, Paranoia, Violence, Young Adult

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