Category: Classics

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: Dracula by Bram Stoker

Posted on October 8, 2011 by

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Note: Those reading Dracula for our October Group Read, please be warned before continuing that there may be mild spoilers contained either in the review or in the Notable Quotes section below.  Dracula by Bram Stoker Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 50… Continue Reading “Review: Dracula by Bram Stoker”

Category: 1001 Books, Book Review, Bram Stoker, Classics, Irish, Literature, Victorian

Review: This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

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This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald Final Verdict: 3.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 46 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. This Side of Paradise is Fitzgerald’s first published work, and it shows.  It comes across as a sort of announcement… Continue Reading “Review: This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald”

Category: Book Review, Classics, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fiction, Literature

Review: Lysistrata by Aristophanes

Posted on April 16, 2011 by

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Lysistrata by Aristophanes Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 19 Plot/Story:3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. How did I miss this one?  It had been sitting on my shelf and “TBR” list for far too long.  Lysistrata is one of the original… Continue Reading “Review: Lysistrata by Aristophanes”

Category: Ancient Greece, Aristophanes, Classics, Drama, Play

Review: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Posted on December 11, 2010 by

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War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Final Verdict: 4.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 61 Plot/Story:  4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace is early-19th Century Russian life, in print. It is a social, political, and military tale of epic… Continue Reading “Review: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy”

Category: 1001 Books, Book Review, Classics, Fiction, Leo Tolstoy, Literature, Russian, Russian History, Russian Literature

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