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A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck: Book Review
4 Stars. I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this book but I ultimately found it to be a surprisingly touching story of a boy on the cusp of manhood. Robert is fairly innocent in the ways of the...
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The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales: Book Review
4 Stars. I love retold fairy tales but don't often go back to the original sources. This was a nice refresher and even an introduction to some classic European tales. Some annotations and introductions...
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The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame: Book Review
3.5 Stars. I’ve never read this before and found it pretty charming if a bit outdated. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had read it in elementary school. I remember bits and pieces of the...
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë: Book Review
4.5 Stars. Oh my goodness. Why do we pay less attention to Anne Brontë than the other sisters? I liked this book infinitely more than Wuthering Heights! I’ll still give Jane Eyre the edge as my...
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All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West: Book Review
4 Stars. I’m not entirely sure what I expected when I started this book, but it’s not what I got, and that was a pleasant surprise for me. Lady Slane is a delightful creature and I know she and I would...
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The Ramayana by R. K. Narayan: Book Review
4 Stars. I don't even know how I first came across this title but I added it to a list of possible books to read for a classics challenge I'm participating in. I had to read Beowulf and The Epic of...
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Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison: Book Review
2 Stars. I imagine that this book is a fantastic choice for a book club or assigned reading but I, as a solo reader, just found it confusing. The plot jumped around with little resolution, characters...
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The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis: Book Review
3 Stars. The Screwtape Letters is honestly not the kind of book I would choose on my own but it filled a reading challenge prompt, I love Narnia, and one of my old bosses recommended it to me years...
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My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell: Book Review
2 Stars. I'm sorry to say that this didn't quite work for me. I'm disappointed since so many other readers love it. The tales of the family misadventures were hilarious. Larry, the budding author, is a...
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Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen: Book Review
3 Stars. According to the introduction to this edition, Northanger Abbey is the earliest of Jane Austen's published novels but the last to be published, and even then it was published posthumously. I...
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Persuasion by Jane Austen: Book Review
5 Stars. My favorite Austen! Captain Wentworth! *sigh* Or is it *swoon*? This was a nice blend of Austen's pointed social commentary and a (bitter)sweet romance. Anne's family is just awful. They are...
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Mansfield Park by Jane Austen: Book Review
3 Stars. I liked that Jane Austen was a little more barbed and pointed in this book. I can't remember any specific examples, but there were a few times when I mentally thought, "Ouch! I can't believe...
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey: Book Review
Ugh. This book. There was so much meat to dig into and at the same time it is not aging well. Not aging well at all. I apologize in advance for the length of this review essay. I've tried to cut it...
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë: Book Review
4.5 Stars. Oh my goodness. Why do we pay less attention to Anne Brontë than the other sisters? I liked this book infinitely more than Wuthering Heights! I’ll still give Jane Eyre the edge as my...
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The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame: Book Review
3.5 Stars. I’ve never read this before and found it pretty charming if a bit outdated. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had read it in elementary school. I remember bits and pieces of the...
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A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck: Book Review
4 Stars. I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this book but I ultimately found it to be a surprisingly touching story of a boy on the cusp of manhood. Robert is fairly innocent in the ways of the...
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The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales: Book Review
4 Stars. I love retold fairy tales but don't often go back to the original sources. This was a nice refresher and even an introduction to some classic European tales. Some annotations and introductions...
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All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West: Book Review
4 Stars. I’m not entirely sure what I expected when I started this book, but it’s not what I got, and that was a pleasant surprise for me. Lady Slane is a delightful creature and I know she and I would...
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The Ramayana by R. K. Narayan: Book Review
4 Stars. I don't even know how I first came across this title but I added it to a list of possible books to read for a classics challenge I'm participating in. I had to read Beowulf and The Epic of...
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Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison: Book Review
2 Stars. I imagine that this book is a fantastic choice for a book club or assigned reading but I, as a solo reader, just found it confusing. The plot jumped around with little resolution, characters...
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