Month: March 2015
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Exciting Announcement!
In a spontaneous turn of events, I have recently decided to self-host my blog! I will be launching the new site within a day or two, so if you notice any changes that is why. My blog will still be located at the same web address (www.nutfreenerd.com) but I’m not exactly sure if followers will…
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Review: DEATH OF A SALESMAN
Author: Arthur Miller Number of Pages: 139 Publisher: Viking Books Release Date: 1949 “The story revolves around the last days of Willy Loman, a failing salesman, who cannot understand how he failed to win success and happiness. Through a series of tragic soul-searching revelations of the life he has lived with his wife, his sons, and his business…
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Book Review: A LITTLE SOMETHING DIFFERENT
Author: Sandy Hall Number of Pages: 272 Publisher: Swoon Reads Release Date: August 26, 2014 “The creative writing teacher, the delivery guy, the local Starbucks baristas, his best friend, her roommate, and the squirrel in the park all have one thing in common—they believe that Gabe and Lea should get together. Lea and Gabe are in the same creative writing…
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Book Review: THE SILENT HISTORY
Authors: Eli Horowitz, Matthew Derby, and Kevin Moffett Number of Pages: 528 Publisher: FSG Originals Release Date: October 1, 2012 “Sometime right around now, doctors, nurses, and—most of all—parents begin to notice an epidemic spreading among children. Children who are physically normal in every way except that they do not speak and do not respond to speech; they don’t…
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Book Review: THE SECRET HISTORY
Author: Donna Tartt Number of Pages: 559 Publisher: Vintage Release Date: 1992 “Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of…
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Book Review: WHY I WRITE
Author: George Orwell Number of Pages: 120 Publisher: Penguin Books Release Date: 1946 “Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unpalatable truths about war, Orwell’s timeless, uncompromising essays are more relevant, entertaining and essential than ever in today’s era of spin.” – Goodreads.com This book is actually a collection of four essays written…
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Book Review: THE CRANE WIFE
Author: Patrick Ness Number of Pages: 320 Publisher: Penguin Books Release Date: April 4, 2013 “George Duncan is an American living and working in London. At forty-eight, he owns a small print shop, is divorced, and lonelier than he realizes. All of the women with whom he has relationships eventually leave him for being too nice. But one night…
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