Category: Book Review

Review: The Optimist’s Daughter by Eudora Welty

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

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The Optimist’s Daughter by Eudora Welty Final Verdict: 3.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 68 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. The Optimist’s Daughter is primarily a story about place, position, and values, although it does also touch on familial relationships and dealing… Continue Reading “Review: The Optimist’s Daughter by Eudora Welty”

Category: 2011 Challenges, 2011 TBR Challenge, Book Review, Fiction, LiteratureTags:

Review: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

Posted on December 12, 2011 by

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The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 67 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. Thursday Next, Special Ops LiteraTec Agent, has a secret or two.  The biggest secret, perhaps, is that, as a young girl, she… Continue Reading “Review: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde”

Category: 2011 Challenges, 2011 TBR Challenge, Book Review, Fantasy, Fiction, Jasper Fforde, metafiction, Mystery, Science-Fiction

Brief Thoughts on 8 Books

Posted on October 30, 2011 by

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The books listed below are those I read for last week’s Read-a-Thon.  I planned not to write a review for each, because I don’t really have time to play catch-up on 8 book reviews, particularly with National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) starting in two… Continue Reading “Brief Thoughts on 8 Books”

Category: Ancient Greece, Book Review, Fiction, Gay Lit, GLBT, Historical, History, John Steinbeck, Literature, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Religion, Satire, Sexuality, Suzanne Collins, William S. Burroughs

Review: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

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Inferno by Dante Alighieri Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 52  Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful. Dante’s Inferno is the first part of a three-part epic poem, followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. This first part is Dante’s journey through the… Continue Reading “Review: Inferno by Dante Alighieri”

Category: Book Review, Classical History, Classical Roman, Classics, Dante, Literature, Mythology

Review: The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan

Posted on October 15, 2011 by

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The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 51 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting and believable. Percy Jackson and the gang are back again.  Well, Percy is back again – but the gang is a new one. … Continue Reading “Review: The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan”

Category: Adventure, Book Review, Fiction, Mythology, Rick Riordan, Young Adult

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