Tag Archives: classics

Queen Mab, by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Thistle

Preface: I really, really suck at reading poetry. And I mean REALLY. As in, 90% of the time, I can’t understand a word I read. Several years ago, I started a project to try to improve my poetry-reading skills, and … Continue reading →

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson (audio)

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Thistle

I have read the story of Jekyll & Hyde so many times since my first read eight years ago that I really cannot just review it like a normal book. Even my first review – my third read-through, and one … Continue reading →

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Tales of the City, by Armistead Maupin

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Thistle

When Mary Anne Singleton visits San Francisco, she decides to stay there permanently, leaving her more traditional life back in Cleveland. She finds a place to live at 28 Barbary Lane, where the occupants of the various apartments operate much … Continue reading →

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The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath (audio)

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Thistle

This is the third or fourth time I’ve experienced The Bell Jar, though the first time on audio. I don’t normally listen to rereads on audio if I already have a strong attachment to the book, but Jason said Maggie … Continue reading →

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Protected: To Have and Have Not, by Ernest Hemingway (audio)

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Thistle

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Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo (audio)

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Thistle

This is an incredibly difficult book to review, for multiple reasons. I won’t even begin to try to summarize it. I spent two months and two days listening to the audiobook of Les Miserables, so that the experience stretched out … Continue reading →

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The Book of Margery Kempe, by Margery Kempe

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Thistle

This is an autobiography from the early 1400s of a woman who was apparently considered quite saintly. Basically, she had fits and religious delusions, gave herself over to crying and weeping so hard she astonished people continually (even those who … Continue reading →

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The Fortune of the Rougons, by Émile Zola

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Thistle

While I’ve loved almost every Zola I’ve read in the past, I was not sold on this book. At least three-quarters of it is backstory, and it felt very clumsily put together. I appreciate the Rougon-Macquart history laid out in … Continue reading →

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The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway (audio)

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Thistle

I have no idea what to say about this book. On the one hand, it is about an old fisherman from Havana who has spent many months unable to hook a fish, and then when he finally does, the fish … Continue reading →

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Something Wicked & The Night Circus

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Thistle

Last year, when Lu from Regular Rumination brought up the idea of reading Something Wicked This Way Comes alongside The Night Circus, I immediately knew I had to join her. I’d loved The Night Circus and already wanted to revisit … Continue reading →

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