Category: Fiction

Somewhere Over the Sun by Adi Alsaid :: Author Interview

Posted on March 20, 2011 by

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Hello, Readers! I would like you all to meet Adi Alsaid, author of Somewhere Over the Sun.  Adi has graciously agreed to stop by and answer a few interview questions, to help my readers get to know him. About the Book: Alan, a spirited… Continue Reading “Somewhere Over the Sun by Adi Alsaid :: Author Interview”

Category: Adi Alsaid, Fiction, Giveaways, interview

Review: Who is Mark Twain? by Mark Twain

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

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Who is Mark Twain? By Mark Twain Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 14 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impacful Who is Mark Twain? is a collection of short stories, essays and letters, published posthumously by Twain’s editors.  It encompasses a… Continue Reading “Review: Who is Mark Twain? by Mark Twain”

Category: Essay, Fiction, Humor, Mark Twain, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Politics, Religion, Satire, Short Story, Sociology

Review: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

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Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Final Verdict: 1.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 13 Plot/Story:  1 – Unbelievable Plot/Story. I must preface this review by stating that, having read Ayn Rand’s “About the Author” section, prior to reading this book, I commenced this monster with… Continue Reading “Review: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand”

Category: Ayn Rand, Book Review, Dystopia, Fiction, Giveaway, Giveaway Hop, Giveaways, Monthly Review, Philosophy

Review: Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut

Posted on February 25, 2011 by

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Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut Final Verdict: 3.25 out of 4.0 YTD: 10 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. This is the ninth Vonnegut book I have read, and I am not quite sure what to say about it. The story is… Continue Reading “Review: Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut”

Category: Book Review, Fiction, Kurt Vonnegut

Review: Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Posted on February 13, 2011 by

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Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 9 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful It would be easy to say that Oliver Twist is a Victorian story about an orphaned boy who has to join a gang… Continue Reading “Review: Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens”

Category: 1001 Books, Book Review, British Literature, Charles Dickens, Fiction, Read-Alongs

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