Category: Fiction

The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens

Posted on July 1, 2017 by

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Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful. The Mystery of Edwin Drood is Charles Dickens’s last and unfinished novel. It was inspired, supposedly, by Dickens’s brush with death while riding aboard a train with his wife. The train derailed, and Dickens and his… Continue Reading “The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens”

Category: Book Review, British Literature, Charles Dickens, Classics, Fiction, Literature, Mystery

Tricks by Ellen Hopkins

Posted on June 13, 2017 by

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Tricks is the separate but interwoven and common-themed stories of five average teenagers, between the ages of 15-18. Eden is a genuinely nice person, though not nearly as much of a repentant Christian as her Pentecostal-Priest father and sycophantic mother would want her to… Continue Reading “Tricks by Ellen Hopkins”

Category: Book Review, Drugs, Ellen Hopkins, Fiction, Sexuality

Recommended Reading: Bending Boundaries

Posted on June 3, 2017 by

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What is the heart and soul of literature? What is the purpose of a reading-driven life? I believe people who read a lot, and with variety, are uniquely placed to learn more about the world, its history and its people, and to become more… Continue Reading “Recommended Reading: Bending Boundaries”

Category: Blog Post, Classics, Fiction, Just for Fun, Literature, Recommended Reading

X-Men, Astrophysics, and Hate

Posted on June 1, 2017 by

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X-Men Siege (Mutant Empire #1) by Christopher Golden A few weeks ago, I was at Half-Price Books selling a big chunk of my library when, lo and behold, I stumbled across all three books in this Mutant Empire series. I’m absolutely upset with the 1990s… Continue Reading “X-Men, Astrophysics, and Hate”

Category: Angie Thomas, astrophysics, Book Review, Christopher Golden, comic books, Contemporary, Fiction, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Non-Fiction, Race, science, Science-Fiction, X-Men, Young Adult

Thoughts: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

Posted on July 17, 2015 by

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Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 For a long time, Scout (Jean Louise) Finch of To Kill a Mockingbird reminded me of Huckleberry Finn. Just a kid from the American south, smart but crass, and willing to… Continue Reading “Thoughts: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee”

Category: American Lit, Book Review, Fiction, Harper Lee, Race, Southern Lit

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