Words can not describe Priya Parmar’s novel Exit The Actress, it is so rich and vibrant that I felt like I was actually in the audience watching Nell perform and wanted to reach out for one of her oranges. While reading Nell’s journal entries I wanted to be her friend, with her tell it like […]
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, what is there to say that hasn’t already been said? Magical, creative, spellbinding, suspenseful, cleverly crafted with a sense of camaraderie, just to name a few. Harry Potter, the boy who lived has no idea that he is special or famous, how could he with a cousin like Dudley […]
Has anyone read or heard about publishers editing Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn by omitting the “N Word” changing the derogatory slang to Slaves? The reason being that because the novel is on so many school’s banned books list that this change will allow more students to read it. I understand that the saying puts us […]
What was I thinking? I read The Silence of the Lambs in a wooded, secluded area. It was like taking a shower after watching Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. Creepy. Back in the day before cell phones, my family went on vacation in the same wooded area that I read Silence of the Lambs. My mom read […]
Happy new year everyone! I started this blog one year ago from today to record my thoughts on the books I read, not expecting anyone to read my ramblings. To my surprise I closed the old year with 180 followers (I never knew I was so interesting and popular). Anyway, the book blogging community is […]
The Abbott’s Ghost is another hidden gem written by Louisa May Alcott. Maurice Treherne saved his cousin Jasper’s life after a misadventure in the water and was made a cripple because of it. Jasper, of course, is forever grateful but due to a small faux pas does a poor way of showing it. Maurice is […]
Quirky yes, but Devil in the Details was also a little manic (which explains the OCD). I thought the novel was more like a series of short stories or a vignette of her childhood. To me it felt all very disjointed, one moment she was three and the next thirteen, I never felt a smooth […]
hosted by Dog-Eared & Bookmarked “And what happened then? Well, in Whoville they say that the Grinch’s small heart grew three sizes that day.” I have decided that A Christmas Carol is like that of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. Both are up to no good and are saved by a small child, Mr. Grinch […]
hosted by Dog-Eared & Bookmarked The last of the spirits, The Spirit of Christmas Future. Here, the ghost shows Ebenezer what will become of him if he does not change his ways. Ebenezer is show his death bed and grave, with his house stripped of valuables with no one to mourn his passing. I think […]
hosted by Dog-Eared & Bookmarked The Second Spirit, of Christmas Present shows up on Scrooge’s bedpost and they observe his acquaintance’s (if you can call them that) Christmas Eve. At the Cratchit’s despite their lack of funds and a disabled child they are all merry and up beat, extremely so with Tiny Tim, God blessing […]