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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
February 2020 Classic of the Month: 'Fahrenheit 451'
Why Ray Bradbury's story about books being burned should be taken as a lesson. The classic of the month for February 2020 is Fahrenheit...
Caroline Selby
Feb 3, 20203 min read
Monthly Wrap Up: January 2020
Looking forward to February! In January 2020, I read a total of 7 books. The books I read were (in chronological order) Jonathan...
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
January 2020 Classic of the Month: 'The Outsiders'
How S. E. Hinton's story about a group of unruly teenage boys will pull on your heartstrings. The classic of the month for January 2020...
Caroline Selby
Jan 14, 20203 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
Yearly Wrap Up: 2019
Looking forward to 2020! In 2019, I read a grand total of 63 books, surpassing my goal of 50 by 13 books! I started the year by finishing...
Caroline Selby
Jan 1, 20202 min read
Review: 'The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' by Douglas Adams
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams contains all five novels from the classic science fiction...
Caroline Selby
Jan 1, 20202 min read
Review: 'The Toynbee Convector' by Ray Bradbury
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The Toynbee Convector by Ray Bradbury consists of 23 short stories. This is my third collection Bradbury short stories, the...
Caroline Selby
Dec 24, 20191 min read
Review: 'No One is Too Small to Make a Difference' by Greta Thunberg
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 No One is Too Small to Make a Difference is a book by Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old climate activist. This book consists...
Caroline Selby
Dec 16, 20191 min read
Review: 'Hocus Pocus' by Kurt Vonnegut
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut tells the story of Eugene Debs Hartke, an ex-Vietnam officer who continually states that he has...
Caroline Selby
Dec 16, 20191 min read
December 2019 Classic of the Month: 'Animal Farm'
Why George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' is about more than pigs on a farm. The classic of the month for December 2019 is Animal Farm by George...
Caroline Selby
Dec 8, 20192 min read
Review: 'Siddhartha' by Hermann Hesse
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse relays the spiritual journey of self-discovery of a man named Siddhartha. Siddhartha is a young...
Caroline Selby
Dec 3, 20191 min read
Review: 'Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour an Introduction' by J. D. Salinger
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour an Introduction by J. D. Salinger is a book that contains two novellas, both...
Caroline Selby
Dec 2, 20192 min read
Review: 'The Old Man and the Sea' by Ernest Hemingway
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway is a novella tells the story of an old Cuban fisherman and his persistent and...
Caroline Selby
Nov 22, 20191 min read
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