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October 2020 Classic of the Month: 'The Book Thief'
Why Markus Zusak's famous Holocaust story is truly like no other. The classic of the month for October 2020 is The Book Thief by Markus...
Caroline Selby
Oct 9, 20204 min read
Monthly Wrap Up: September 2020
Looking forward to October! In September 2020, I read a total of 8 books. The books I read were (in chronological order) Everything I...
Caroline Selby
Oct 5, 20201 min read
Review: 'Forever' by Pete Hamill
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Forever by Pete Hamill tells the story of Cormac O’Connor, a man who is given immortality, with one small catch - he can never...
Caroline Selby
Oct 5, 20202 min read
Review: 'Player Piano' by Kurt Vonnegut
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut, the author's first novel, details the life of Paul Proteus. Partly inspired by Vonnegut's...
Caroline Selby
Sep 28, 20201 min read
Review: 'Why I Write' by George Orwell
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Why I Write by George Orwell is a book containing four essays written at various times in the author’s life. The essays are...
Caroline Selby
Sep 23, 20202 min read
Review: 'Post Office' by Charles Bukowski
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Post Office by Charles Bukowksi tells the story of Henry Chinaski, a man who’s spent over 12 years working in the U.S. Postal...
Caroline Selby
Sep 20, 20201 min read
Review: 'Anxious People' by Fredrik Backman
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Anxious People by Fredrik Backman tells the story of a failed bank robbery turned hostage situation when the would-be bank...
Caroline Selby
Sep 19, 20202 min read
Review: 'The Poetry of Walt Whitman'
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The Poetry of Walt Whitman is a collection containing 49 poems by the famous poet. The poems range in length from 75 pages...
Caroline Selby
Sep 14, 20201 min read
Review: 'The Testaments' by Margaret Atwood
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The Testaments by Margaret Atwood is the sequel to the author's famed dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale. Although this is...
Caroline Selby
Sep 10, 20201 min read
Review: 'Everything I Never Told You' by Celeste Ng
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng tells the story of the Lees, a Chinese American family living in small-town Ohio...
Caroline Selby
Sep 10, 20202 min read
September 2020 Classic of the Month: 'The Kite Runner'
How Khaled Hosseini's story of redemption will break your heart, yet leave you inspired. The classic of the month for September 2020 is...
Caroline Selby
Sep 10, 20203 min read
Monthly Wrap Up: August 2020
Looking forward to September! In August 2020, I read a total of 6 books. The books I read were (in chronological order) The House on...
Caroline Selby
Sep 2, 20201 min read
Review: 'Against Happiness' by Eric G. Wilson
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Against Happiness by Eric G. Wilson argues against the societal and especially American addiction to happiness. Wilson...
Caroline Selby
Sep 2, 20202 min read
Review: 'Scar Tissue' by Anthony Kiedis
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis (with Larry Sloman) is the autobiography of the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and...
Caroline Selby
Aug 28, 20202 min read
Review: 'Unsolved Enigmas' by Sam Pilger and Leo Moynihan
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Unsolved Enigmas by Sam Pilger and Leo Moynihan contains 39 “incredible events that have puzzled the greatest minds,” as the...
Caroline Selby
Aug 18, 20201 min read
Review: 'Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview and Other Conversations' edited by Sam Weller
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview and Other Conversations edited by Sam Weller contains four of Bradbury’s final...
Caroline Selby
Aug 18, 20202 min read
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
August 2020 Classic of the Month: 'The Old Man and the Sea'
How Ernest Hemingway's novella about an old Cuban fisherman will change your outlook on life. The classic of the month for August 2020 is...
Caroline Selby
Aug 15, 20203 min read
Monthly Wrap Up: July 2020
Looking forward to August! In July 2020, I read a total of 10 books. The books I read were (in chronological order) Men Without Women by...
Caroline Selby
Aug 4, 20201 min read
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