Category: Re-Reads

Readalongs: Macbeth and Doctor Sleep

Posted on September 25, 2013 by

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Hello, folks!  I have decided to take part in two read-alongs during the month of October. Number One The first is a read-along of Macbeth, which I guess I’m technically “hosting,” but it will be very informal.  The idea came about via a Twitter… Continue Reading “Readalongs: Macbeth and Doctor Sleep”

Category: Re-Reads, Read-Alongs, Shakespeare, Stephen King

Read-along: To Kill a Mockingbird (July 15 – Aug 1)

Posted on June 28, 2013 by

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So, dear readers, I have this a nasty habit of obsessing over “best of” lists, when it comes to books. Best of a certain genre; best of a certain country; best of a certain time period; best for a certain type of reader. Whatever.… Continue Reading “Read-along: To Kill a Mockingbird (July 15 – Aug 1)”

Category: 1001 Books, Harper Lee, Re-Reads, Read-Alongs

Review: Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

Posted on September 2, 2012 by

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Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 33 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful (socially, academically, etc.) Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie is perhaps the perfect example of American Naturalism.  In it, a small-town Wisconsin girl, Carrie Meeber, moves… Continue Reading “Review: Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser”

Category: 1001 Books, Book Review, Classics, Doctoral Work, Literature, Naturalism, Philosophy, Re-Reads, Realism, Theodore Dreiser

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