I should probably prefix this review by saying I had brain surgery when I was a teenager due to uncontrolled epilepsy so when going into a book about a teen girl who had epilepsy having the two hemispheres severed because of said condition, I knew I was bound to critique and be realistically critical. And I was. […]
Top Ten Tuesday Hosted by The Broke and Bookish 1. Hermione Granger: She is the brightest witch of her time and proves that books are cool! 2. Matilda: Her love of reading kept her one step ahead of her dense family and is just awesome. 3. Atticus Finch: He is so elegent with words and leveled-headed; all due […]
The Classic Club has announced its Classic Spin Number 14 When I was eleven The Sound of Music was one of my favorite movies (although I always liked the first half better Nazis are scary). But I have always heard the that true Sound of Music story was much different and wasn’t always about te […]
Allie at A Literary Odyssey is hosting A Modern March an event to explore the Modernist era of literature. I honestly know next to zill on this period so it will definatly be a learning experience for me. For dunces like me, this is how Allie has descibed this movement: “If you have no idea […]
By the Shores of Silver Lake is a much more mature novel in comparison to the series thus far. Hardship has befallen Plum Creek. It is addressed right away that the Ingalls have suffered through Scarlet Fever with Mary becoming blind as a resolute. Also, even though it is not mentioned, in the gap between […]
The Classic Club is hosting a mini reading challenge, entitled The Classic Spin. For the Spin I (and any other joiners) choose and number twenty books from their classics list and post it on their blog. The hosts will pick a number at random and I will read the book that corresponds with that number. […]
The whole book is a treasure really, but I particularly liked when Laura would go off to discover the inhabitants of Plum Creek, splashing her feet in the water, running up hills and encounters with water wild life. Although my favorite was her class party at Plum Creek with snotty Nellie Olson. As a come […]
Top Ten Tuesday Hosted by The Broke and Bookish This is going to sound sick, but I love threesome romances in literature, but not in a Fifty Shades of Grey kind of way. Krum/Hermione/Ron: who wouldn’t love a Hogwarts threesome? Ron’s insecurities/resentment about the nature of Hermione’s relationship with Krum is actually a little cute and […]
Director: Brian Kirk Writers: Charles Dickens, Sarah Phelps Stars: Douglas Booth, Jack Roth, Ray Winstone Release Date: April 1, 2012 The orphan Pip becomes a gentleman when his life is transformed by a mystery benefactor. Gillian Anderson, Agent Scully from the X-Files, impregnated by aliens is Miss Havisham. An ex-x-file agent (see what I did […]
Happy Birthday Charles Dickens you would have been 201 today. Despite your passing so many years ago your books have still endured. I must admit that I am just beginning to become acquainted with you. The only book I have read of yours is A Christmas Carol. I first read it in 8th grade and […]