Category: Fiction

Review: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Posted on September 17, 2012 by

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Final Verdict: 4.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 37 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful (socially, academically, etc.) Nick Carraway, our “honest” narrator, is a small-town, Midwestern boy who once spent some time in New York… Continue Reading “Review: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald”

Category: 1001 Books, American Mythology, Classics, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fiction, Jazz Age, Literature, Modernism, Mythology

Review: Le Livre Blanc by Jean Cocteau

Posted on September 6, 2012 by

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Le Livre Blanc by Jean Cocteau Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 35 Le Livre Blanc was first published anonymously in 1928.  Many people immediately attributed the work to Cocteau, based on its themes, style, and presence of characters from other Cocteau works; however,… Continue Reading “Review: Le Livre Blanc by Jean Cocteau”

Category: Book Review, Fiction, French, Gay Lit, GLBT

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

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