Category Archives: Book Reviews

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

by Laura Posted on November 26, 2012

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 →

Posted in Academia, Book Reviews, Fiction, Short Story Collection, YA Fiction | Tagged book review, brothers grimm, children, collection, fairy tales, philip pullman, YA fiction | 6 Comments

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

by Laura Posted on November 18, 2012

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 →

Posted in 20th Century, Book Reviews, Books by Women, Fiction, YA Fiction | Tagged book review, fiction, sandra cisneros, the house on mango street, YA fiction | 3 Comments

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

by Laura Posted on September 24, 2012

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 →

Posted in 20th Century, American, Book Reviews, Books by Women, Fiction | Tagged 20th century, african-american, book review, books by women, modernism, zora neale hurston | 2 Comments

Book Review: In Which I Read “Moby-Dick”

by Laura Posted on September 17, 2012

I love a good, dirty, book chat. Get me together with another book-lover and we can go on and on about reading those fantastic, amazing books that change your life. Two of my favorite questions, though, have nothing to do … Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Century, American | Tagged american, book review, herman melville, moby-dick | 5 Comments

Book Review: “Out of True” by Amy Durant

by Laura Posted on September 2, 2012

So, I have a confession: I’m not really into poetry. There are poets and poems I really enjoy, but give me a choice and I’ll go for short stories or novels every time. There’s something so intensely private about … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Books by Women, Poetry | Tagged amy durant, book review, books by women, out of true, poetry | 5 Comments

On Writing for Me, plus a Book Review: “If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence, and Spirit” by Brenda Ueland

by Laura Posted on August 5, 2012

I have a confession: I want to be a writer. A book writer. A fiction book writer. Pick your jaw up from the floor; I’m sure this was shocking. Like so many people who filled their childhoods with books and … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Writing | Tagged book review, books by women, brenda upland, reference, writing | 3 Comments

“The Next Best Thing” Review & Reading!

by Laura Posted on July 12, 2012

Today was a huge ball of awesome all wrapped up together. Not only did I get an entire day to myself, in a new town, but I also got to attend a reading by Jennifer Weiner! I, along with a … Continue reading →

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Book Review: “The Doll: The Lost Short Stories” by Daphne du Maurier

by Laura Posted on July 6, 2012

When I mention the author Daphne du Maurier, most people think of her most famous novel, Rebecca (1938), and justifiably so; it was immensely popular on publication, earning du Maurier a visibility that would carry throughout her literary career, and was … Continue reading →

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Book Review: “Lyrical Ballads” by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

by Laura Posted on July 5, 2012

Written at a time of cultural change in literature, Lyrical Ballads, the 1798 collaboration between William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, marks an important step into Romanticism. At the heart of the work is a belief in the poet as … Continue reading →

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