Category: classics
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Top 5: Favorite reads of 2023 (so far)
It’s a bit past the official halfway mark of the year but it’s only just occurred to me to share some of my favorite reads of the year so far…
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Book Review: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
I’ve wanted to read this book for years and kept putting it off. I wish I hadn’t waited so long because it’s such a lovely story. Outdated in places, certainly, but it shares an overall message about the nurture of nature…
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Book Review: The Essays by George Orwell
The fact that I didn’t eat up every word of this book was a major disappointment. 1984 and Animal Farm are among my all-time favorite books. I was ready for another mind-blowing reading experience…
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Book Review: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
I tried reading Frankenstein several years ago but didn’t get past the first few pages. Attempting it again, I was surprised at how absorbed I became. Not so much in the story itself, but the questions pondered, particularly involving the ‘being’…
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Book Review: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
I know this is a classic and hailed as a great literary achievement… but I just wasn’t feeling it…
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Book Review: My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier
This was a reread for me. I guess I never wrote a review the first time around. My Cousin Rachel is one of my all-time favorite books. It has the same eeriness as Rebecca while being a completely different plot…
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Book Review: Helena by Evelyn Waugh
I hadn’t heard of Evelyn Waugh or any of his books until a couple of them were mentioned during a homily. Helena piqued my interest the most given the subject matter and a line that was quoted. I’ve heard of St. Helena by name but didn’t know much about her story…
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Book Review: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Before reading, I paid minimal attention to what this book was about. I was halfway through before I realized this is in the true crime genre and not a crime novel. I jumped right into it…
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Book Review: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
I’m not sure what I can say about this book that hasn’t been said before. It’s a story that has meant so much to so many people for centuries…
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Book Review: Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Immersive, personal, and adventuresome, Jon Krakauer brings his readers to Mount Everest to recount his disastrous trek up the infamous mountain in 1996…