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Review: 'Look at the Birdie' by Kurt Vonnegut
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Look at the Birdie by Kurt Vonnegut contains 14 short stories, published posthumously, two years after Vonnegut’s death. The...
Caroline Selby
Aug 18, 20201 min read
Review: 'The House on Mango Street' by Sandra Cisneros
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Two days ago I read The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. This book tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, a young girl...
Caroline Selby
Aug 15, 20201 min read
Review: 'Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack' by Benjamin Franklin
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack by Benjamin Franklin is a short book that contains hundreds of quotes and sayings...
Caroline Selby
Aug 4, 20201 min read
Review: 'A Man Without A Country' by Kurt Vonnegut
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 A Man Without A Country by Kurt Vonnegut is Vonnegut’s final book written and published before he died. Rather than a novel,...
Caroline Selby
Jul 25, 20201 min read
Review: 'To A God Unknown' by John Steinbeck
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 To A God Unknown by John Steinbeck tells the story of Joseph Wayne, a man who embarks on a journey to California in order to...
Caroline Selby
Jul 25, 20202 min read
Review: 'God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian' by Kurt Vonnegut
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian by Kurt Vonnegut is a short book containing 21 fictional interviews given by the author to...
Caroline Selby
Jul 20, 20201 min read
Review: 'A Clockwork Orange' by Anthony Burgess
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess is a classic dystopian novel narrated by the story's protagonist Alex. At first it...
Caroline Selby
Jul 20, 20202 min read
Review: 'If This Isn't Nice, What Is?' by Kurt Vonnegut
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 If This Isn’t Nice, What Is? contains 18 speeches given by Kurt Vonnegut, which are selected and introduced by his friend...
Caroline Selby
Jul 19, 20201 min read
Review: 'Blue Horses' by Mary Oliver
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Blue Horses by Mary Oliver is a poetry collection that contains 38 poems by the poet, each with a unique style, structure,...
Caroline Selby
Jul 13, 20201 min read
Review: 'Best Remembered Poems' by Martin Gardner (Editor)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Best Remembered Poems, edited and annotated by Martin Gardner, is an extensive collection of poetry that contains poems from...
Caroline Selby
Jul 13, 20201 min read
Review: 'All My Sons' by Arthur Miller
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 All My Sons by Arthur Miller is a play that recounts the story of machine shop partners Joe Keller and Herbert Deever, who...
Caroline Selby
Jul 13, 20201 min read
Review: 'Men Without Women' by Ernest Hemingway
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Men Without Women by Ernest Hemingway is a collection comprised of fourteen short stories, ten of which were previously...
Caroline Selby
Jul 13, 20201 min read
Review: 'Closely Watched Trains' by Bohumil Hrabal
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Closely Watched Trains by Bohumil Hrabal, and finished it yesterday. This short novel tells the story of Miloš Hrma, a...
Caroline Selby
Jul 2, 20201 min read
Review: 'Jailbird' by Kurt Vonnegut
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut tells the life story of Walter F. Starbuck. Narrating his first days of freedom after being in...
Caroline Selby
Jul 2, 20202 min read
Review: 'A Hell Called Ohio' by John M Hamilton
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 A Hell Called Ohio by John M Hamilton tells the story of Warrell Swanson, a factory worker living a simple life in Defiance,...
Caroline Selby
Jun 17, 20202 min read
Review: 'The Handmaid's Tale' by Margaret Atwood
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood is a dystopian novel narrated by Offred, a handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. In...
Caroline Selby
May 30, 20202 min read
Review: 'Slapstick' by Kurt Vonnegut
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut tells a story through the eyes of Dr. Wilbur Daffodil-11 Swain, the current King of Manhattan and...
Caroline Selby
May 19, 20202 min read
Review: 'Night Road' by Kristin Hannah
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Night Road by Kristin Hannah tells the story of the Farraday family, and Lexi Baill, the girl who changes their lives...
Caroline Selby
May 13, 20201 min read
Review: 'Charles Bukowski: A Little Book of Essential Quotes on Life, Art, and Love'
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Charles Bukowski: A Little Book of Essential Quotes on Life, Art, and Love published by Little Books of Wisdom is a book...
Caroline Selby
May 13, 20201 min read
Review: 'The Sirens of Titan' by Kurt Vonnegut
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut centers around the Martian invasion of Earth, telling the story of Winston Niles...
Caroline Selby
May 1, 20202 min read
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