February 1, 2012
I’ve never read anything by Henry James, but as I love Victorian classics I figured I should. I started it not even knowing what it’s about, but here’s a brief synopsis from Goodreads: The Turn of the Screw is an intense psychological tale of terror. It begins in an old house on Christmas Eve. It is [...]
January 18, 2012
Right now I’m working my way through my “to-be-read” pile, alternating classics with moderns, shortest to longest. This is next on the list, which I picked up at a used book sale awhile ago because I listened to an audiobook by the same author and it didn’t suck. I’m hoping for a quick and easy [...]
Read Reading: The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank »
January 1, 2012
I have loved both of Eugenides’ other novels, with A Virgin Suicides ranking as one of my favorites, so obviously I was planning on reading whatever his next offering would be. But I was even more excited when I discovered it was both a modern-day marriage plot novel (like Austen) and a commentary on that format [...]
December 20, 2011
I’m making my way through A Series of Unfortunate Events. There are 13 books in all and this is number 11. They are the perfect palate cleanser! 0 Like
November 25, 2011
I loved this movie, and now that I’ve read all the Jane Austen novels, it’s time to read this, which has been sitting on my shelf for a couple of years. From Goodreads: Six Californians join to discuss Jane Austen’s novels. Over the six months they meet, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements become [...]
Read Reading: The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler »
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