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Libeled Lady (1936)

Libeled Lady (1936)

Spencer Tracy plays Warren Haggerty, a newspaperman known for postponing his Maridel nuptials, this time due to a young woman (Myrna Loy) threatening to sue the paper for slander.  Haggerty quickly hatches a plan to persuade her to change her mind, in comes lady’s man Bill Chandler (played by William Powell), who slowly woes himself […]

Posted June 9, 2022 by Whitney in movie review / 1 Comment
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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Impressions on Book I had not read Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov in a least ten years and after watching the 1962 movie felt it was time to reread the classic novel. When I first read Lolita I remember being shocked by Humbert Humbert’s actions finding it grotesque. On this reread, in a generation jaded by […]

Posted November 4, 2016 by Whitney in Review / 5 Comments
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Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe

Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe

Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe is disjointed. It reads like the author was on a bad trip.  The novel is very descriptive but I found it a bit disconcerting. I also kept picturing Mr. Rochester’s crazy first wife in the attic.

Posted September 11, 2015 by Whitney in Review / 0 Comments
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Review: Cheri

Review: Cheri

This book is all about coping mechanisms.  Cheri becomes distant from his wife claiming everything his wife says and does is wrong because it is not Lea.  Lea just picks up and goes away on vacation, but even the change of scenery still leaves her feeling morose.  This book was heartbreaking.  It is obvious, by […]

Posted February 6, 2013 by Whitney in Review / 0 Comments
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Book Review: The Death of Ivan Ilych

Book Review: The Death of Ivan Ilych

This novella begins with Ivan’s colleagues of the court upon hearing of his death and bickering over who will be promoted to his place.  Already, I smelled greed as a prominent theme.  The reader travels to his memorial with said colleagues and finds what appears to be a devoted, distraught widow, Oh how wrong they were… […]

Posted December 21, 2012 by Whitney in Review / 0 Comments
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Book Review: The Diary of Adam and Eve

Book Review: The Diary of Adam and Eve

The Diary of Adam and Eve is like the book “Men are from Mars Women are from Venus”.  Adam and Eve are polar opposites with a complete misconception of what the other thinks of them (Eve especially).  Adam would prefer to be left in peace where as Eve has gone all Snow White with the […]

Posted April 6, 2012 by Whitney in Review / 2 Comments
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Book Review: The Great Gatsby

Book Review: The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby starts out slow, like the tortoise and the hare slow, but like the tortoise its a winner. Like I said, The Great Gatsby takes a while too easy into until Daisy’s husband Tom is seen having an open affair it was a bit like wallpaper paste.  But then Tom slugs his annoying, […]

Posted January 10, 2012 by Whitney in Review / 5 Comments
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

I have been in a major reader’s funk, I’ve had trouble becoming interested in one single novel or holding my attention.  For me this is very rare!  To the point of being concerned. Unfortunately, The Hunchback of Notre Dame had to fall in the period. Several years ago I had a friend who had applied […]

Posted October 18, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 4 Comments
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Book Review: Dracula

Book Review: Dracula

Dracula is bone-chilling!  My neck prickles just thinking about it.  Turtlenecks are a new staple in my wardrobe.  In short, its like taking a shower after watching Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. Dracula, by Bram Stoker is a horror romance of sorts as Count Dracula become obsessed with his victims which always happen to be girls and […]

Posted October 17, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 7 Comments
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Book Review: The Stranger

Book Review: The Stranger

The Stranger has a slow strategic pacing almost making me put the book aside.  Although this is two of my uncle’s favorite books so I plowed along.  I soon realized the intentional snail pace was purposeful to completely understand our character and the stranger within.  It is strange because while this was not thrilling nor […]

Posted September 19, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 6 Comments
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