Category Archives: Adult

Protected: The Winter of our Discontent, by John Steinbeck

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Thistle

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The Professor’s House, by Willa Cather

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Thistle

The Professor’s House is different from most of Cather’s more famous works, which feature immigrants, pioneers, and life in the lower Midwest. Interestingly, I’ve found that I tend not to care much about those works. My Antonia was okay but … Continue reading →

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The Unit, by Ninni Holmqvist

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Thistle

Imagine a world where economic productivity comes first, a world perhaps not so different from our own, if you really think about it. In this world, people are considered necessary to society if they marry, have children (future workers), and/or … Continue reading →

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Jude the Obscure, by Thomas Hardy

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Thistle

Jude and Sue are two distant cousins from a family that has had bad luck with marriage. They’ve both been warned not to marry anyone, but both do, and both marriages fail. Now they are in love with each other, … Continue reading →

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Joy in the Morning, by Betty Smith

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Thistle

Eighteen-year-old Annie leaves Brooklyn to join her longtime boyfriend Carl in the Midwest, where he’s attending law school. The two get married against their families’ wishes. This book takes them through their first year of marriage and the birth of … Continue reading →

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Saint Joan, by George Bernard Shaw

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Thistle

Saint Joan is a play that explores the life, death, and canonization of Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc fascinates me and always has. She’s one of those people that I would love to go back in time to meet, … Continue reading →

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Protected: The Spark, by Chris Downie

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Thistle

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Readathon: Lolly Willowes, by Sylvia Townsend Warner

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Thistle

Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner is about a spinster aunt who goes to live alone and becomes a witch after making a pact with the devil. I thought it sounded fascinating, but the book ended up being very badly … Continue reading →

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The Original of Laura, by Vladimir Nabokov

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Thistle

This was an interesting book to read. Since it’s Nabokov’s last novel, very incomplete and written only in notes on index cards, it comes across as nothing more than fragments. I’ve been conflicted about reading this one since it came … Continue reading →

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The White Devil, by Justin Evans

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Thistle

Andrew Taylor is an American student sent to spend his senior year at a British boarding school, Harrow, because of some drug trouble he had at his last school at home. While he’s still adjusting to a new way of … Continue reading →

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