Roof Beam Reader
A Writer and His Reading
Category: Epistolary
Thoughts: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 11 I first read Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in graduate school (2007?), as part of a 20th Century American Literature class. I loved that class, and the professor, because we read primarily… Continue Reading “Thoughts: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos”
Review: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Final Verdict: 4.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 15 Disclosure: This is a book that I have read five times, now, but have yet to review. The first three times I read it were in the… Continue Reading “Review: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky”
Review: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins Final Verdict: 4.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 8 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful. Wilkie Collins’s The Woman in White is widely accepted to be one of the first –and best- mystery and sensation novels. The… Continue Reading “Review: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins”
Dear Jerome: A Letter to J.D. Salinger
Dear Jerome, Mr. Salinger. J.D. How would you like to be addressed, I wonder? Of course, it’s impossible to really ask, now, so I think I’ll just go with “Jerome.” It seems real and logical. And you seem real and logical. Do you want… Continue Reading “Dear Jerome: A Letter to J.D. Salinger”
