Books
This includes reviews, facts, and other bookish things.
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THE SONG OF THE LARK by Willa Cather | Review
I’m back with a review of yet another novel by Willa Cather, this being the fourth book I’ve read by her. Set primarily in a small Colorado town, The Song of the Lark is the story of a girl’s journey to stardom as she endeavors to leave her local life behind in pursuit of music. Protagonist Thea… Continue reading
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DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP by Willa Cather | Review
Over a full year after reading (and loving) My Ántonia, I have finally picked up another book by Willa Cather. Set in 1851 primarily in New Mexico, Death Comes for the Archbishop is a story of religion, a clash of cultures, the deceiving concept of the American identity, and living in the present by embracing the past. When Father… Continue reading
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THE IDIOT by Fyodor Dostoevsky | Review
I first picked up Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Idiot in my local Barnes & Noble for the simple, superficial reason that I loved the cover design. Yet what drew me to read the a few pages and then ultimately purchase it that day was the intriguing premise promised by the back cover blurb: an innocent prince caught in… Continue reading
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THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY by Thornton Wilder | Review
The Bridge of San Luis Rey is a novel I had never heard of prior to picking up a copy of it in the Met gift store. It wasn’t even until I got back to my dorm room and put this book on my shelf that I realized it was written by Thornton Wilder, the brilliant… Continue reading
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ON THE OTHER SIDE by Carrie Hope Fletcher | Review
I’ve been a fan of Carrie Hope Fletcher’s Youtube channel since middle school, back in the days of wearing crocs and starting stories I would never finish writing and pretending that I could run fast enough to be on the cross-country team (fun fact: I could not). Not only have we both grown older since… Continue reading
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A ROOM WITH A VIEW by E.M. Forster | Review
“My father says that there is only one perfect view — the view of the sky straight over our heads, and that all these views on earth are but bungled copies of it.” I decided to read E.M. Forster’s novel A Room with a View with no knowledge whatsoever of the story’s plot or context besides… Continue reading
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AS YOU WISH by Cary Elwes | Review
As you could probably tell from my review of William Goldman’s The Princess Bride, I’m a huge fan of both the novel and movie adaptation. Eager for more of this fantastic story, I recently turned to Cary Elwes’ book As You Wish in order to satisfy my fantasy-adventure-romance-comedy cravings. (I really don’t know how else to describe the story of The… Continue reading
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HOW TO RUIN EVERYTHING by George Watsky | Review
My brother has been a fan of Watsky’s music for years, but it wasn’t until recently when I met him at NerdCon that I really started listening to his music. It only took a few rhymes and rhythms to have me completely hooked on his words, listening to his music any chance I could get:… Continue reading
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i’m holly — former english major, current twenty-something book lover, allergic to nuts. drop me a line at nutfreenerd@gmail.com or on instagram.
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