Tag: Animal Farm

• A Classic Couple: ANIMAL FARM and WATERSHIP DOWN

  Today I’ll be discussing a particularly four-legged Classic Couple: Animal Farm by George Orwell (1945) and Watership Down by Richard Adams (1972). Although these books may both be considered “classics” at times, they are rarely considered alongside one another. While Animal Farm is known for being an allegory for the Russian Revolution of 1917, Adams wrote in his Introduction that he…

  holly

  September 11, 2019

  Classic Couple

  Animal Farm, Animals, Classic Couple, Classics, George Orwell, literature, Richard Adams, Watership Down

• Jurassic Park Book Tag

  It’s no secret that I adore Jurassic Park. Not only is it my favorite movie, but it’s also one of my favorite books. You can imagine my excitement when I learned that such a thing exists as a Jurassic Park Book Tag. I wasn’t tagged in this at all, but Camillea Reads showed me this post from…

  holly

  August 9, 2018

  Tags

  A Series of Unfortunate Events, Ali Smith, Animal Farm, Book Tag, Girl Up, How to be Both, I Capture the Castle, Jurassic Park, Laura Bates, Patrick Rothfuss, tags, The Name of the Wind

• ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell | Review

  George Orwell’s classic novel Animal Farm has been on my reading radar for quite some time. After reading the unsettling 1984 a few years ago and his collection of essays titled Why I Write more recently, I’ve been meaning to tick Animal Farm off of my list as well. As is often the case, this impressive novel has left me with one question:…

  holly

  October 13, 2016

  Books

  Animal Farm, Book, Book Review, books, Classic, Classics, George Orwell, Revolution, Society, Spanish, Translation

• BookTubeAThon 2015 TBR

  It’s BookTubeAThon time! You know what that means: plenty of fun challenges, a contagious community spirit, and TONS OF READING. This year the event runs from August 3rd to August 9th. If you haven’t heard of the BookTubeAThon before or you want to learn more about it, you can check out the official Youtube channel…

  holly

  August 3, 2015

  Read-A-Thons

  2015, Animal Farm, Ariel Bissett, B.J. Novak, BookTubeAThon, George Orwell, Harry Potter, Let’s Get Lost, Shakespeare, TBR