Classics

I started reading this book over the weekend, and I absolutely love it so far. It’s full of some really beautiful writing, but here…

- Teaser Tuesdays – One Hundred Years of Solitude

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The Beautiful and Damned

This is the story of a young couple Anthony and Gloria Patch, living out their days to the hilt in Jazz-era New York as…

A classic,’ suggested Anthony, ‘is a successful book that has survived the reaction of the next period or generation. Then it’s safe, like a…

- Teaser Tuesdays – The Beautiful and Damned

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Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to…

10/03<08/29

I am bad at reviewing short stories. It’s so difficult to sum up a number of varying stories providing the essence without giving away…

09/17<08/29

I loved Roald Dahl’s books as a child and now that the snubnose is old enough, I am looking forward to sharing the love…

09/06<08/29

The Classics Club monthly meme is another way to bring members of The Classics Club together. The meme question for this month is: Pick a…

08/21<08/29

What kind of mother cuts her child’s head off with a hacksaw? A mother who felt she had no alternative, that she was actually…

08/14<08/29

The Classics Club monthly meme is another way to bring members of The Classics Club together. The meme question for this month is: What…

08/14<08/29

Just one of the many heart-breaking passages from Beloved by Toni Morrison… the thoughts of a slave when he sees a happy rooster (Mister)…