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I have reviewed many books over the years, and some reviews have been more interesting or fun to write than others. The below list were my favorites to write.
• Ada, or Ardor
• Choose Your Own Autobiography
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• If Not, Winter
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
• The Kid Table
• Like Water for Chocolate
• Lolita
• The Monk
• The Night Circus
• Oathbringer
• Return of the Native
• Rhythm of War
• S
• Things Fall Apart
• The Unit
• The Woods Are Always WatchingCategories:
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Tag Archives: classics
Candide, by Voltaire
Candide is a satire from mid-1700s France. It’s one that’s always intimidated me. I thought it would be dense and difficult to read. Nothing could be further from the truth. This book was hysterical. Candide is a young student in … Continue reading
Bartleby the Scrivener, by Herman Melville
I know, I know. People hear “Herman Melville” and automatically want to run. I completely understand. I was forced to read Billy Budd in high school and I HATED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. I avoid Moby Dick like the plague. … Continue reading
Dead Souls, by Nikolai Gogol
When the Classics Circuit chose to visit Imperial Russia, I knew immediately I wanted to read Dead Souls by Gogol. It’s a book I’ve wanted to read for awhile now, both for my GLBT Challenge (Gogol was gay) and because … Continue reading
Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe
Okonkwo is a strong, angry man, famous and important in his tribe in Nigeria. He has three wives, many children, and a successful farm, mostly due to his relentless determination to keep everyone in his family (including himself) working harder … Continue reading
Nana, by Émile Zola
Nana doesn’t really have a plot I can describe. It involves a woman named Nana, a cheap “tart” as she’s called who sells her body for money but not on the streets like a prostitute. She’s picked up by a … Continue reading
And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie
Ten strangers with guilty consciences are invited for different reasons out to Indian Island. They don’t expect to be suddenly called out on their crimes, or to begin dying off one by one. Now they’re in a race against time, … Continue reading
An Ideal Husband, by Oscar Wilde
Because I was so sad that The Importance of Being Earnest ended so quickly, I dove right into a second play of Wilde’s that I hadn’t even planned to read right away. An Ideal Husband was different. It had less … Continue reading
The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde
I’m not even going to try to describe the plot of this play. It’s a three-act comedy full of mix-ups, mistaken identities, and romance. Absolutely delightful. I laughed and smiled all through it. The only Oscar Wilde I’ve ever read … Continue reading
The Explorer, by William Somerset Maugham
Lucy Allerton alone knows that her father’s ridiculousness is leading her family to lose everything they own. Her mother died when she was fifteen, and there is only Lucy, her father, and her younger brother George left to the Allertons. … Continue reading
Selected Poems, by Marina Tsvetaeva
This book is a selection of Marina Tsvetaeva’s poems translated from the Russian. The poems cross a 25-year period, from about 1915 to about 1940. As I’ve said before, I am not a very good judge of poetry. I dislike … Continue reading
The Zen Leaf 