Category: Book Review

Review: Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

Posted on September 2, 2012 by

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Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 33 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful (socially, academically, etc.) Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie is perhaps the perfect example of American Naturalism.  In it, a small-town Wisconsin girl, Carrie Meeber, moves… Continue Reading “Review: Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser”

Category: 1001 Books, Book Review, Classics, Doctoral Work, Literature, Naturalism, Philosophy, Re-Reads, Realism, Theodore Dreiser

Review: Ghost Medicine by Andrew Smith

Posted on August 26, 2012 by

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Ghost Medicine by Andrew Smith Final Verdict: 3.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 32 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. Ghost Medicine is Andrew Smith’s debut novel and, though there are some similarities to his later works (elements of danger, young protagonists, brotherly relationships… Continue Reading “Review: Ghost Medicine by Andrew Smith”

Category: Andrew Smith, Andrew Smith Event, Book Review, Coming-of-Age, Death, Family, Fiction, Friendship, Grief/Recovery, Ranching, Young Adult

Review: Sanditon by Jane Austen (#AustenInAugustRBR)

Posted on August 17, 2012 by

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Sanditon by Jane Austen Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 31 Sanditon, though unfinished, is perhaps Austen’s most exciting, unusual, and promising piece of literature.  Unlike The Watsons, whose plot and ending can be relatively inferred, Sanditon is quite different from any of her other… Continue Reading “Review: Sanditon by Jane Austen (#AustenInAugustRBR)”

Category: Austen in August, Book Review, British Literature, Fiction, Jane Austen, Literature, Unfinished Works

Review: The Watsons by Jane Austen (#AustenInAugustRBR)

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

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The Watsons by Jane Austen Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 30 There is something bizarre about my relationship with unfinished works by brilliant writers; for some reason, these works end up being my favorites.  My favorite Hemingway novel, for instance, is The… Continue Reading “Review: The Watsons by Jane Austen (#AustenInAugustRBR)”

Category: Austen in August, Book Review, British Literature, Classics, Fiction, Jane Austen, Literature, Unfinished Works

Review: Lady Susan by Jane Austen

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

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Lady Susan by Jane Austen Final Verdict: 3.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 29 Lady Susan is one of Austen’s early, short works.  It is written in epistolary form, as many of Austen’s early works were (even Sense & Sensibility was originally constructed as such,… Continue Reading “Review: Lady Susan by Jane Austen”

Category: Austen in August, Book Review, British Literature, Classics, Jane Austen, Literature

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