Book Review
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THE ROAD TO LITTLE DRIBBLING by Bill Bryson | Review
One of my goals this summer is to learn as much as possible about British culture as well as specific locations I should make a point to visit while I’m studying abroad in England. My wonderful boss must know how to read minds because on my first day of work she gave me a copy… Continue reading
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AN EMBER IN THE ASHES by Sabaa Tahir | Review
Months ago I won a copy of An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir in an online giveaway. After enduring its impatient glare from my bookshelf for as long as I could, I finally picked it up and gave it the attention that all of the buzz surrounding it suggests it deserves. Unfortunately, this… Continue reading
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SARTORIS by William Faulkner | Review
It’s difficult to know what direction to turn in when one makes the vague goal of “reading more Faulkner.” Once you’ve read the ones that everyone talks about (The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying, in my case) where do you go next? Short stories? Random other novels? In an effort to… Continue reading
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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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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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