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Review: 'The Red Badge of Courage' by Stephen Crane
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane tells the story of Henry Fleming, a young Union soldier fighting in the American Civil...
Caroline Selby
Apr 21, 20201 min read
Review: 'Lean on Me' by Pat Simmons
⭐️⭐️/5 Lean on Me by Pat Simmons tells the story of a woman, Tabitha Knicely, who has recently become a caregiver for her great-aunt,...
Caroline Selby
Apr 13, 20201 min read
Review: 'Born to Dance' by Jordan Matter
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Born to Dance by Jordan Matter is a dance photography book completely dedicated to “celebrating the wonder of childhood,” as...
Caroline Selby
Apr 9, 20201 min read
Review: 'The Scarlet Letter' by Nathaniel Hawthorne
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a classic novel set in an early New England colony that tells the story of a woman,...
Caroline Selby
Apr 8, 20201 min read
Review: 'Fascism: A Very Short Introduction' by Kevin Passmore
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Fascism: A Very Short Introduction by Kevin Passmore is one of many in the series of Very Short Introductions published by...
Caroline Selby
Mar 31, 20201 min read
Review: 'Inferno' by Dante Alighieri
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Inferno by Dante Alighieri is the first part of Dante’s Divine Comedy. It is narrated by Dante himself, and the poetry inside...
Caroline Selby
Mar 29, 20201 min read
Review: 'Purple Hibiscus' by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a book is narrated by fifteen-year-old Kambili and tells the story of her...
Caroline Selby
Mar 26, 20202 min read
Review: 'The Poet X' by Elizabeth Acevedo
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo tells the story of a fifteen year old girl named Xiomara who discovers the power of slam...
Caroline Selby
Mar 19, 20201 min read
Review: 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' by Maya Angelou
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou is the first of a series of autobiographies written by Maya Angelou. In this...
Caroline Selby
Mar 17, 20201 min read
Review: 'The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke' by Theodore Roethke
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke is a collection of all of the poet Theodore Roethke’s poems, as you can tell from the...
Caroline Selby
Mar 2, 20201 min read
Review: 'The Crucible' by Arthur Miller
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play that tells a story about the witch-hunts and mass hysteria that was...
Caroline Selby
Feb 18, 20201 min read
Review: 'The River of Consciousness' by Oliver Sacks
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The River of Consciousness by Oliver Sacks is a collection of essays that delves into topics including evolution, creativity,...
Caroline Selby
Feb 12, 20201 min read
Review: 'Death of a Salesman' by Arthur Miller
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller is a play that tells the story of a man named Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman,...
Caroline Selby
Feb 3, 20201 min read
Review: 'The Moon is Down' by John Steinbeck
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck recounts a World War II tale of a small town in Europe, recently occupied by the enemy. The...
Caroline Selby
Jan 31, 20201 min read
Review: 'The Sun and Her Flowers' by Rupi Kaur
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur is a collection of poetry, along with drawings, separated into five chapters, with those...
Caroline Selby
Jan 27, 20201 min read
Review: 'Something Wicked This Way Comes' by Ray Bradbury
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury tells the story of a carnival that comes to Green Town, Illinois. Although...
Caroline Selby
Jan 26, 20201 min read
Review: 'The Art of War' by Sun Tzu
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The Art of War by Sun Tzu is an ancient Chinese military treatise first written during the sixth century BC. It contains 13...
Caroline Selby
Jan 20, 20201 min read
Review: 'Love, Lucy' by Lucille Ball
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Love, Lucy, the autobiography of Lucille Ball, divulges the famous (not really) redhead’s life, from birth up until 1962,...
Caroline Selby
Jan 17, 20202 min read
Review: 'The Sun Also Rises' by Ernest Hemingway
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway is a book that tells the story of a group of expatriates living in post–World War I...
Caroline Selby
Jan 5, 20201 min read
Review: 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' by Richard Bach
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach is the story of an ambitious and adventurous seagull who aims to learn about life...
Caroline Selby
Jan 2, 20201 min read
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