Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Friday Meme #65

January 19, 2018 Whitney Friday Memes 7 Comments
Friday Meme #65

Hosted by Rose City Reader   Beginning: When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special significence, there was much talk and excitment in Hobbiton. Hosted by Freda’s Voice   Page 56   “There was more than one party at work, Frodo. […]

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The Dark Lady’s Mask by Mary Sharratt

May 13, 2016 Whitney Review 3 Comments
The Dark Lady’s Mask by Mary Sharratt

READ AN EXCERPT . Amazon (Kindle) | Amazon (Hardcover) | Amazon UK | Barnes & Noble   Review It is a brave author to tackle Shakespeare, let alone execute it well, and I believe Mary Sharratt succeeded in spades. If I am to be honest, I was never a fan of Shakespeare, I’ve always been […]

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Book Review: Death of the Black-Haired Girl

August 27, 2014 Whitney Review 0 Comments
Book Review: Death of the Black-Haired Girl

Black haired girl’s (Maud) form of death was unexpected That was the only unexpected thing Characters were as flat as cardboard yet I enjoyed the writing in itself The culprit for Maud’s death reminded me of Daisy from The Great Gatsby Teacher/Student affairs have been done before and The Death of the Black-Haired Girl didn’t […]

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Book Review: The Two Towers

November 5, 2012 Whitney Review 1 Comment
Book Review: The Two Towers

Book Three We begin with t he Fellowship broken, Sam and Frodo are off to Mordor, Boromir is dead, Merry and Pippen have been taken by Orcs with Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli following their trail. In the first half, we flip-flop from the kidnapped hobbits and the three companions.  Even though they are under brutal, […]

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Book Review: The Fellowship of the Ring

September 18, 2012 Whitney Review 4 Comments
Book Review: The Fellowship of the Ring

Book One: We begin in Hobbiton, in preparation for Bilbo’s eleventy-first birthday, exhibiting all that is good, clean (and a little odd) in other words what is worth fighting for — a very clever and fun opening to a novel.  Although the night slowly becomes dark from there.  After Bilbo’s sudden disappearance and Frodo’s inheritance of […]

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