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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
May 2020 Classic of the Month: 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'
How Oscar Wilde's tale of moral corruption will change your outlook on life. The classic of the month for May 2020 is The Picture of...
Caroline Selby
May 13, 20203 min read
Monthly Wrap Up: April 2020
Looking forward to May! In April 2020, I read a total of 6 books. The books I read were (in chronological order) The Scarlet Letter by...
Caroline Selby
May 1, 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
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
April 2020 Classic of the Month: 'The Catcher in the Rye'
Why J.D. Salinger's famous protagonist Holden Caulfield is more complex than your average teenager. The classic of the month for April...
Caroline Selby
Apr 6, 20203 min read
Monthly Wrap Up: March 2020
Looking forward to April! In March 2020, I read a total of 5 books. The books I read were (in chronological order) I Know Why the Caged...
Caroline Selby
Mar 31, 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
March 2020 Classic of the Month: 'Of Mice and Men'
Why John Steinbeck's tale of two displaced migrant ranch workers in California during the Great Depression is one that guarantees to make...
Caroline Selby
Mar 4, 20203 min read
Monthly Wrap Up: February 2020
Looking forward to March! In February 2020, I read a total of 5 books. The books I read were (in chronological order) Death of a Salesman...
Caroline Selby
Mar 4, 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
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