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Classics and Beyond: Books 2012-13
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The Mill on the Floss. Macbeth and The Winter's Tale. The Merchant of Venice. A Midsummer Night's Dream. The Sound and the Fury. The Old Man and the Sea. A Room with a View. The Romance of the Forest. Destiny of the Republic. Make the Bread, Buy the Butter. Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail. The Truth About Food. My Lost City: Personal Essays. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto. My Life in France.
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Classics and Beyond: September 2014
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Sunday, September 7, 2014. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink. This is going to be one of the most difficult reviews Ive had to write in quite a while. I had a lot of mixed feelings about The Reader. A summary, as spoiler-free as possible:. To learn more about the characters. The only reason I pushed on was that my mom gave me this book, so I knew there had to be more to it than first met the eye. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Reader by Bernhard Schlink. View my complete profile. My Moment of Time.
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Classics and Beyond: Is it our duty to finish books?
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Friday, November 14, 2014. Is it our duty to finish books? Have you seen the article going around these days. About how it's so important to finish books? What do you think of it? I had mixed feelings about it. Obviously I don't finish every book I start. But I think it's a bad idea, at least for me, to lock myself into a finish-every-single-book rule, for a few reasons:. If you're reading an author who's widely respected as an important/classic author, then it's a good idea not to discount their work.
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Classics and Beyond: Giant by Edna Ferber
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Friday, October 31, 2014. Giant by Edna Ferber. After reading the first chapter or two of Giant. I was sure I wouldn't like the rest of it. I couldn't tell exactly what was going on, there were too many characters and I didn't know which ones were important, and I was bored. I didn't think it would, or could, get any better. But then- miracle of miracles- it did. As a basic synopsis, Giant. Read it for an English class, but it doesn't seem to get much critical notice.). More than I thought I would, it st...
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Classics and Beyond: Books 2014
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A Study in Scarlet. A Three Dog Life. When Did I Get Like This? The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap. The Light Between Oceans. The Signature of All Things. Little House in the Big Woods. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Im a college student studying English. I got married in 2012 and Ive been loving life ever since. In my spare time, I like to read classic literature, cook delicious concoctions, and force my husband to watch chick flicks with me. . View my complete profile. My Moment of Time.
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Classics and Beyond: March 2015
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015. So I haven't posted here in nearly four months, as you may have noticed. Part of the reason for that, of course, is that I had a baby. She's completely darling and perfect and wonderful. But if I'm being honest, she's a very easy baby, so I've actually had more time than I bargained for to read and write. I've been doing quite a bit of reading for fun- a lot more than I did when I was in school. I still care about books and literature, but it's not much of a focus in my life ri...
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Classics and Beyond: The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights by Joan Didion
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Thursday, November 20, 2014. The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights by Joan Didion. Oh, Joan Didion. I just love you. Is there really more I can say? Okay, okay. I'll say more. But only because you really twisted my arm. I'm grouping these two memoirs together because they're similar in style and content and I read them at almost the same time, so I don't have much different to say about each one. The Year of Magical Thinking. I did find Blue Nights. And just her life- without apology. But Joan Did...
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Classics and Beyond: November 2014
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Thursday, November 20, 2014. The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights by Joan Didion. Oh, Joan Didion. I just love you. Is there really more I can say? Okay, okay. Ill say more. But only because you really twisted my arm. Im grouping these two memoirs together because theyre similar in style and content and I read them at almost the same time, so I dont have much different to say about each one. The Year of Magical Thinking. Is about her daughters death, which occurred not long after her husbands.
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Classics and Beyond: December 2014
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Sunday, December 7, 2014. Reading Plans for 2015. Well, the year is winding down, and Im starting to think about next years reading, as many of you are. The past couple years, at the end of the year Ive usually said things like, Well, I cant guarantee how much reading Ill get done next year, since Ill be in school. Ive always wanted. To participate in all the many awesome challenges I see, but I try to keep it to a minimum, since I know most of my reading will be for school. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
