Category: Literature

Review: Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

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Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Final Verdict: 4.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 1 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful (socially, academically, etc.) “The greatest love story ever told.”  “The epic novel of our time.”  These are just two of the… Continue Reading “Review: Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell”

Category: 1001 Books, 2012 Challenges, 2012 Classics Challenge, 2012 TBR Challenge, American Civil War, Antebellum, Book Review, Classics, Literature, Margaret Mitchell, Reconstruction

Review: Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow

Posted on December 28, 2011 by

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Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow Final Verdict: 4.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 69 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful (socially, academically, etc.) E.L. Doctorow’s Ragtime is one of those, “I can’t believe it took me so long to read this” kind of books. … Continue Reading “Review: Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow”

Category: 2011 TBR Challenge, Book Review, E.L. Doctorow, Fiction, Literature

Review: The Optimist’s Daughter by Eudora Welty

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

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The Optimist’s Daughter by Eudora Welty Final Verdict: 3.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 68 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. The Optimist’s Daughter is primarily a story about place, position, and values, although it does also touch on familial relationships and dealing… Continue Reading “Review: The Optimist’s Daughter by Eudora Welty”

Category: 2011 Challenges, 2011 TBR Challenge, Book Review, Fiction, LiteratureTags:

Brief Thoughts on 8 Books

Posted on October 30, 2011 by

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The books listed below are those I read for last week’s Read-a-Thon.  I planned not to write a review for each, because I don’t really have time to play catch-up on 8 book reviews, particularly with National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) starting in two… Continue Reading “Brief Thoughts on 8 Books”

Category: Ancient Greece, Book Review, Fiction, Gay Lit, GLBT, Historical, History, John Steinbeck, Literature, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Religion, Satire, Sexuality, Suzanne Collins, William S. Burroughs

Review: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

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Inferno by Dante Alighieri Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 52  Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful. Dante’s Inferno is the first part of a three-part epic poem, followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. This first part is Dante’s journey through the… Continue Reading “Review: Inferno by Dante Alighieri”

Category: Book Review, Classical History, Classical Roman, Classics, Dante, Literature, Mythology

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