Classics
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Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge | Introduction
It’s official: I’m hooked on Gilmore Girls and have been for a few months now. I started watching it with one of my friends over the summer and I honestly cannot believe that I didn’t watch it sooner. Not only is a heart-warming, feel-good show that leaves you feeling warm and fuzzy inside, but I love how Continue reading
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Thoughts While Reading GONE WITH THE WIND {Part 5}
The time has finally come: I have finished reading Gone with the Wind!! Today I share my thoughts on the fifth and final installment in this classic American novel. Feel free to catch up with any of my previous posts in this series by clicking here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. It’s been Continue reading
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THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway | Reread
Recently I read The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway for the second time; predictably, my love-hate relationship with this classic American writer continues. When I First Read I first read this classic American novel in April 2015, almost exactly one year before I reread it again in April 2016. I had read Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms for Continue reading
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Thoughts While Reading GONE WITH THE WIND {Part 3}
Welcome to the third installment in my Thoughts While Reading Gone with the Wind series! As you can probably tell from the title, I’ll be sharing my thoughts as I read this classic American tome by Margaret Mitchell. Since the novel is divided into five parts, there will be five installments in this series. Be sure to check Continue reading
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Thoughts While Reading GONE WITH THE WIND {Part 2}
Welcome to this second installment in my Thoughts While Reading Gone with the Wind series! As you can probably tell from the title, I’ll be sharing my thoughts as I read this classic American tome by Margaret Mitchell. Since the novel is divided into five parts, there will be five installments in this series. Be sure to check Continue reading
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THE SCARLET LETTER by Nathaniel Hawthorne
“She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom.” Ah, The Scarlet Letter. This is one of those classics that I was somehow never assigned to read in high school, which is why I’m just getting around to reading it now. I had a vague idea of what this story was about prior to reading Continue reading
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THE OUTSIDERS by S.E. Hinton
Recently I picked up a secondhand copy of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton at a local book sale, mostly because I felt as though I was one of the few people who haven’t had to read it at some point in their educational career. After hearing so many great things about it, I was intrigued to find Continue reading
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MY ÁNTONIA by Willa Cather
“Whatever else was gone, Ántonia had not lost the fire of life.” My Ántonia by Willa Cather blindsided me with its brilliance. I had never heard of it or the mastermind behind it until it became assigned reading for my Cultural Diversity in American Literature class. Even reading a brief description of this novel before Continue reading
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SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
“All this happened, more or less.” Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five was always one of those books that I knew about but had never actually read. I knew that it was about World War II and vaguely had something to do with aliens, but other than that I was pretty much in the dark. During my winter Continue reading
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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 Continue reading
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