I received an advance reader's copy (ARC) of The Traveler’s Vade Mecum edited by Helen Klein Ross. Therefore, the version I read is just a proof and not the final version, so I won't quote directly and will keep my comments general. ARC from Red Hen Press This collection of poetry has an excellent concept: …
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Circe by Madeline Miller is her second novel, and is in a similar vein to her first book, The Song of Achilles, though quite different in plot and tone. Circe retells certain myths from the nymph Circe’s point of view, featuring various figures from ancient stories we know well. The plot traces the events of …
THIS. BOOK. I’ve read this three times now, and it still astonishes me. This is one of my favorite books ever. There. That’s my review. What, that’s not enough information? Well then, allow me to gush. The Book Thief is a masterpiece. Markus Zusak tells us the story—set during the Second World War—of a girl …
Sometimes I look at lists of “classic” literature, and it’s remarkable how few I’ve read. I was an English major, but college classes don’t read as many novels as they do plays, short stories, and poetry—at least in my experience. However, I read Rebecca a few years ago for my Women in Literature class, and …
Signs of a fantastic series: When you finish, you sit in a daze, unable to focus on anything else but what you just read for at least half an hour.You recommend it to anyone remotely interested in that genre (or, sometimes, not even then. You might recommend it to complete strangers on the street. I …
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