Tag: Book Review
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ILLUMINAE by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
“Miracles are statistical improbabilities. And fate is an illusion humanity uses to comfort itself in the dark. There are no absolutes in life, save death.” As soon as I saw Illuminae on a shelf in the library I couldn’t resist immediately picking it up. The physical design of this book deserves a thunderous round of […]
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THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
“Clocks slay time… time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.” Confused? If not, there’s about a 99 percent chance that you will be upon cracking open the spine of William Faulkner’s classic novel The Sound and the Fury. I read […]
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THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins
I think that many readers– myself included– fall prey to the common misconception that there are two distinct categories of literature. The first of these categories could be considered “hard literature” (I don’t know if these names already exist– I’m completely making them up on the spot). These are the texts we are often forced […]
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PERSUASION by Jane Austen
Before reading Persuasion, the only novel I had ever read by Jane Austen was Pride and Prejudice, which I adored. I actually read the two back to back, which I quickly realized was a bit of a mistake. I found there to be a distinct difference in the tones of these two novels, and I was not expecting the more […]
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ABOUT GRACE by Anthony Doerr
Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See is easily one of the best novels I have ever read. I read it during Christmastime in 2014 and absolutely gushed about my love for it in a review I wrote shortly thereafter. It’s one of those books that sticks with you long after you read it, and consequently […]
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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Jane Austen
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a book blogger in possession of a good book, must be in want of a review. For once I’m actually writing a review mere hours after finishing a novel. Usually I get so caught up in reading the next book on my shelf that I don’t get around […]
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Book Review: ROBINSON CRUSOE
Author: Daniel Defoe Number of Pages: 320 Publisher: Modern Library Release Date: 1719 “Robinson Crusoe, set ashore on an island after a terrible storm at sea, is forced to make do with only a knife, some tobacco, and a pipe. He learns how to build a canoe, make bread, and endure endless solitude. That is, until, twenty-four years later, […]
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Book Review: THE LOST WORLD
Author: Michael Crichton Number of Pages: 393 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Release Date: September 1995 “It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end–the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, the island indefinitely closed to the public. There are rumors that something […]
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Book Review: NEVERWHERE
Author: Neil Gaiman Number of Pages: 370 Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Release Date: September 2, 2003 “Under the streets of London there’s a place most people could never even dream of. A city of monsters and saints, murderers and angels, knights in armour and pale girls in black velvet. This is the city of the people who have fallen […]
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Book Review: THE MARTIAN
Author: Andy Weir Number of Pages: 369 Publisher: Crown Release Date: 2011 “Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him & forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself […]
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