Books
This includes reviews, facts, and other bookish things.
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Book Review: THE SUN ALSO RISES
Author: Ernest Hemingway Number of Pages: 251 Publisher: Scribner Release Date: 1926 “A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway’s most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of… Continue reading
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Book Review: JURASSIC PARK
Author: Michael Crichton Number of Pages: 399 Publisher: Ballantine Books Release Date: November 1990 “A billionaire has created a technique to clone dinosaurs. From the DNA that his crack team of scientists extract, he is able to grow the dinosaurs in his laboratories and lock them away on an island behind electric fences, creating a sort of theme park.… Continue reading
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Book Review: A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC
Author: V.E. Schwab Number of Pages: 400 Publisher: Tor Books Release Date: February 24, 2015 “Kell is one of the last Travelers—rare magicians who choose a parallel universe to visit. Grey London is dirty, boring, lacks magic, ruled by mad King George. Red London is where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty presides over a flourishing… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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Book Review: WUTHERING HEIGHTS
Author: Emily Bronte Number of Pages: 384 Publisher: Penguin Books Release Date: 1847 “Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before: of the intense passion between… Continue reading
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Book Review: THE NIGHT CIRCUS
Author: Erin Morgenstern Number of Pages: 387 Publisher: Doubleday Release Date: September 13, 2011 “The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called “Le Cirque des Reves,” and it is only open… Continue reading
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Book Review: ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE
Author: Anthony Doerr Number of Pages: 531 Publisher: Scribner Release Date: May 6, 2014 “Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six, she goes blind, and her father builds… Continue reading
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Book Review: WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE SUMMER
Author: Jenny Han Number of Pages: 291 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Release Date: April 1, 2011 “It’s been two years since Conrad told Belly to go with Jeremiah. She and Jeremiah have been inseparable ever since, even attending the same college– only, their relationship hasn’t exactly been the happily ever after Belly had… 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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