Author Archives: Laura

Book Review: “Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: a New English Version” by Phillip Pullman

I won an ARC of this book via the awesome giveaway section of Goodreads, and I did a little happy dance because this whole process is so new to me and I actually WON something.  So, please don’t shoot me … Continue reading

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Book Review: “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros

After reading heavy texts for the dread MA exam, which I thankfully passed, I was in need of something different.  A friend put The House on Mango Street in my hands, and I quickly read through Cisneros’s novella.  And then … Continue reading

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Book Review: “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston

As I make my way through the dread MA exit exam reading list, I can’t help but hope for little gems.  Earlier in the summer, before we moved, I treated myself by skipping around chronologically, successfully evading Moby-Dick until the very … Continue reading

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Insatiable. Booksluts. That’s Right.

I’ve been invited to guest post about the classics over at Insatiable Booksluts!  I can’t tell you how cool I feel to be associated with that group of awesome people.  You can read all my thoughts on Eliot’s “The Waste … Continue reading

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