Towards the end of 2018 I “discovered” romances. I know I didn’t technically discover them, they had been sitting on the shelf all along. However, I had previously grouped them into the “Outlander Category” (clearly not a fan} and I left them there to gather dust. I cannot recall what novel it was that opened […]
Review There are very few books that make me cry by Of Mice and Men is one of them. I remember the first time I read this book in 9th grade. I was so moved by it and then someone ruined it and told me the Lenny dies. I was devastated. Like Sirius Black, another […]
First Sentence A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which, to look ahead. Reasons to Listen to The End of the Affair Colin Firth brings life into his performance and found myself going back on more than one occasion to listening […]
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 […]
First Impressions Lady Susan was a Jane Austen novel I had not yet read. With the recent release of the film Love & Friendship, thought this would be as good a time as any. Impressions While Reading Lady Susan, one of Austen’s novellas, was as witty as ever but it did take me a while […]
First Impressions The last Robert Louis Stevenson book I read was Treasure Island in the 3rd grade, and let’s face it, who really pays attention to required reading at age 9. Therefore, I felt it was time to revisit the author. This time, instead of a child’s adventure I went with something a little darker, […]
If Wuthering Heights and Rebecca were to have a baby, Cousin Kate by Georgette Heyer would be the product of their labors. It held mysterious characters with unclear motives like Mrs. Danvers and the strange, conniving plot of Wuthering Heights. Cousin Kate was our Rebecca,innocent and financially at the end of her rope although rather […]
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.
First Impressions The first thing I think of when I hear “Identical Strangers” is Dumas’ famed Man in the Iron Mask. This is what prompted me to choose The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier. Impressions While Reading My thought process was even confirmed by du Maurier when she states in chapter two when Jean and […]
Embarrassingly, I mainly know Sherlock Holmes through Basil Rathbone and Benedict Cumberbatch. I finally decided that enough was enough and decided to read the books myself. I now have a whole new appreciation for the adaptations of Arthur Conan Doyle’s novels, particularly Sherlock. Perhaps it is because I grew up watching the Basil Rathbone films, […]