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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: A Review
Oh, Miss Jean Brodie… She is a woman “in the prime of her life.” Or so she continually tells her class of young ladies at an Edinburgh school. Miss Jean Brodie is a teacher to remember with her...
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A Farewell to Arms: A Review
What a novel!!! This is one of the easier to read books on the Modern Library’s list, but don’t let that fool you, it is WELL worth a read. Based in WWI, this novel follows Frederic Henry, an American...
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The Day of the Locust: A Review
The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West is a novel about Hollywood and it’s corrupting touch on the lives of those in the far reaches of the film industry. The novel focuses on Tod Hackett and his...
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Life of Pi: A Review
No major spoilers below, but be forewarned that the preview does not do justice to the true story that I touched on below. Thanks! Xoxo, Sarah =) Mitch & I saw the preview months ago for Life of Pi...
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A House for Mr. Biswas: A Review
V.S. Naipaul is swiftly becoming a favorite author of mine. A Bend in the River was one of the earlier books on the Modern Library’s Top 100 Novels List and it really blew me away… A House for Mr....
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Newest Obsession: Bookends
If you click on the image, the site for the bookends will pop up! I have been really into bookends lately. It seems to me that cute ones are popping up all over the place! Not that I have room for...
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Scoop: A Review
Scoop is an excellent novel by Evelyn Waugh [author of the more widely known Brideshead Revisited, which I also read for the Modern Library's Top 100 Novels of All Time list] It follows the story of...
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The Summerhouse: A Review
The Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux was suggested to me by a co-worker who knows I love to read. It is not my standard type of selection in novels, but I found it intriguing nonetheless. It was a much...
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The French Lieutenant’s Woman: A Review
The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles really blew me away! John Fowles has been a long-time favorite of mine ever since I read The Magus, which is on the Modern Library list that I’m working...
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A High Wind in Jamaica: A Review
An easier read on the Modern Library’s Top 100 Novels List, A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes should not be taken lightly. The story follows 6 children whose parents send them back to England...
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Fahrenheit 451: A Review
I was disappointed in Fahrenheit 451 [by Ray Bradbury]. Having heard so much about it growing up, I really expected it to blow me away. It did not. My main issue is with Bradbury’s dialogue. It’s...
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Finnegans Wake: A Review
To say that I disliked Finnegans Wake by James Joyce would be an understatement. I know why it is labeled as a ‘classic’ and why it was so revolutionary: there is no plot. To write in stream of...
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Justine: A Review
Justine is book one in the Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell is a novel written in brief thoughts and moments of life in Alexandria, Egypt. I am guilty of assuming that this novel was nothing...
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower: A Review
WOW. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky really spoke to me as a reader, a writer, a human being. Perks is a coming-of-age novel following Charlie, a high school freshman who has never...
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Absalom, Absalom!: A Review
At first I feared that Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner was just a novel which repeatedly allowed the same story to be told between snippets of “current life” for the characters. This is somewhat...
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Cinder: A Review
Cinder by Marissa Meyer is an excellent and downright FUN novel! It’s The Hunger Games meets a modern retelling of Cinderella as a cyborg! A dystopia of sorts where androids, cyborgs, humans, and...
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
Oh, isn’t he absolutely FANTASTIC?! To say I adore Fantastic Mr. Fox by the fantastic Roald Dahl would be such an understatement it is almost heresy to suggest otherwise. The movie grabbed me...
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Balthazar: A Review
The second novel of Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet, Balthazar delves into the semi-truths of the first novel Justine from another point of view. Balthazar pulls apart some of the happenings our...
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A Wrinkle in Time: A Review
I could not put this novel down! I wish I had known about it as a child, but we never read it in school. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle is reminiscent of the Narnia chronicles, Cinder, and...
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The Fountainhead: A Review
Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead was an enjoyable read! I was mostly really impressed with Ayn Rand’s writing; the way it made everything seem simple and straight forward, but was really attending to...
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