Category: Fiction

Thoughts: Gods and Monsters by Christopher Bram

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

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Gods and Monsters by Christopher Bram Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 34 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful (socially, academically, etc.) Gods and Monsters, originally published under the title Father of Frankenstein is a creative retelling of the life of… Continue Reading “Thoughts: Gods and Monsters by Christopher Bram”

Category: 2013 TBR Pile Challenge, Book Review, Christopher Bram, Death and Dying, Fiction, Fictional Biography, Film and Cinema, Gay Lit, Historical Fiction, Hollywood Novel, Homosexuality

Thoughts: City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

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City of Glass by Cassandra Clare Final Verdict: 3.25 out of 4.0 YTD: 25 Plot/Story 3 – Plot/Story is Interesting & Believable City of Glass is the third book in the Mortal Instruments sextet.  It follows the story of Clary, Simon, Jace, Alec, and… Continue Reading “Thoughts: City of Glass by Cassandra Clare”

Category: Book Review, Cassandra Clare, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult

Thoughts: Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West

Posted on March 10, 2013 by

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Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 21 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful (socially, academically, etc.) Miss Lonelyhearts is the journalistic pseudonym for a male newspaper man who aspires to have his own gossip column.  The… Continue Reading “Thoughts: Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West”

Category: 1001 Books, 2013 Challenges, American Lit, Book Review, Classics, Classics Club, Fiction, Modern March, Modernism, Nathanael West

Thoughts: The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

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The End of the Affair by Graham Greene Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 12 Graham Greene is considered by many to be one of the most important 20th Century English writers. His novels are always highly masculine and usually carry a complicated… Continue Reading “Thoughts: The End of the Affair by Graham Greene”

Category: 1001 Books, 2013 Challenges, 2013 TBR Pile Challenge, Adultery, Book Review, British Literature, Classics Club, Fiction, Graham Greene, Jealousy, Masculinity, Modernism, PhD, post-World War II, Power, Religion, Sin/Redemption, War, World War II

Thoughts: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

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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”

Category: American Lit, Anita Loos, Book Review, Epistolary, Feminism, Fiction, Gender Studies, Jazz Age, Literature, Modernism, PhD

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