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Category Archives: books
“Mad, bad and dangerous”: Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley’s Lives
Badass.
Men and Gods: The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Secret History by Donna Tartt has been on my radar for a while now. I’ve heard many people praise it and as many hate it, which really made me want to read it. One of the reviews on the back of the book says, “a thriller for thinking people”, which I took as aContinue reading “Men and Gods: The Secret History by Donna Tartt”
24 Books That Marked Me
One for each year lived.
What I Read: June
Some good, some bad.
A Constellation of Words: The Luminaries
An intricate mystery set in New Zealand’s Gold Rush.
My Top Ten Agatha Christie Mysteries
The best from the Queen of Mystery.
“The World Was Hers For The Reading”: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
In 1943, Betty Smith published what would become her most famous work and one of the most representative pieces of American literature. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn* was an instant hit, at the time being only surpassed by Gone With the Wind * in sales. The novel narrates the life of Francie Nolan and herContinue reading ““The World Was Hers For The Reading”: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”
First Book Tag Ever
Turns out this is really fun.
What I Read: May
Poisonous jellyfish, dysfunctional families, unlikely friendships and mice.
“Trouble with mice is you always kill’em”: Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men
Trouble in the ranch.
An Inbred Wanderlust: Finding North by George Michelsen Foy
“«Where» is the primal question, rather than «when», «how», or «who»”.
