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Review: 'The Things They Carried' by Tim O'Brien
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Through short stories, The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien recounts a semi-autobiographical account of the author’s...
Caroline Selby
May 3, 20211 min read
Review: 'The Harvest Gypsies' by John Steinbeck
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The Harvest Gypsies by John Steinbeck is a volume containing seven long-form articles that John Steinbeck wrote in 1936 about...
Caroline Selby
Apr 30, 20211 min read
Review: 'The Deal of a Lifetime' by Fredrik Backman
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman tells the story of the meeting of a father and son for the first time in a long...
Caroline Selby
Apr 1, 20211 min read
Review: 'A Farewell to Arms' by Ernest Hemingway
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway tells the love story of Lieutenant Henry and Catherine Barkley, backdropped by World War...
Caroline Selby
Apr 1, 20211 min read
Review: 'Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe' by Fannie Flagg
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg tells two stories at once. One is of Mrs. Threadgoode, an...
Caroline Selby
Mar 31, 20211 min read
Review: 'Sula' by Toni Morrison
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Sula by Toni Morrison tells the story of the friendship of Nel and Sula, two girls who meet as children in the small town of...
Caroline Selby
Mar 2, 20211 min read
Review: 'As I Lay Dying' by William Faulkner
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner recounts the harrowing journey the Bundren family takes across the Mississippi countryside...
Caroline Selby
Feb 28, 20211 min read
Review: 'Libraries in the Ancient World' by Lionel Casson
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Libraries in the Ancient World by Lionel Casson recounts the history of ancient libraries, all the way back to when “books”...
Caroline Selby
Feb 7, 20211 min read
Review: 'Exterminator!' by William S. Burroughs
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Exterminator! by William S. Burroughs contains 30 short stories on topics including science-fantasy wars, racism, corporate...
Caroline Selby
Feb 7, 20211 min read
Review: 'Letters' by Kurt Vonnegut
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Letters by Kurt Vonnegut contains hundreds of letters the famous satire / science fiction writer Kurt Vonnegut wrote and...
Caroline Selby
Jan 22, 20211 min read
Review: 'A Doll's House' by Henrik Ibsen
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, written and first performed in the late 1800s, shocked audiences with its feminist, yet...
Caroline Selby
Jan 10, 20211 min read
Review: 'The Importance of Being Earnest' by Oscar Wilde
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, first performed in London’s St. James’ Theatre on February 14, 1895, is...
Caroline Selby
Jan 1, 20211 min read
Review: 'Magritte' by Marcel Paquet
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Magritte by Marcel Paquet explores the famous surrealist painter René Magritte’s life and art. It is divided into the...
Caroline Selby
Jan 1, 20211 min read
Review: 'The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain'
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain, beginning with an introduction and brief timeline of the famous writer’s life, contains...
Caroline Selby
Dec 31, 20201 min read
Review: 'The Quantity Theory of Insanity' by Will Self
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The Quantity Theory of Insanity by Will Self consists of six short stories. In 'The North London Book of the Dead,' the...
Caroline Selby
Dec 31, 20201 min read
Review: 'The Elements of Style' by William Strunk
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The Elements of Style by William Strunk, as the introduction states, “aims to give in brief spaces the principle requirements of...
Caroline Selby
Dec 31, 20201 min read
Review: 'Uelsmann: Process and Perception' by Jerry Uelsmann and John Ames
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Uelsmann: Process and Perception by Jerry Uelsmann and John Ames contains photographs and commentary by Uelsmann along with...
Caroline Selby
Dec 29, 20201 min read
Review: 'Steal Like an Artist' by Austin Kleon
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon, as the cover states, details “10 things nobody told you about being creative.” The 10...
Caroline Selby
Dec 29, 20201 min read
Review: 'Rumi, Day by Day' by Maryam Mafi
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Rumi, Day by Day by Maryam Mafi is an anthology containing poems on topics including friendship, love, spirituality, and life...
Caroline Selby
Dec 24, 20201 min read
Review: 'The Fire Next Time' by James Baldwin
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin gives a voice to the civil rights movement as it was emerging in the early 1960s. It...
Caroline Selby
Dec 24, 20201 min read
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