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50 Shades of Grey is a best-selling novel in the US, and I’m not sure about its fame outside of the country, but what I can be sure is that many, many women love Christian Grey. | Read More.
For those of you who have seen the film based on this novel, believe me when I say the two versions are completely different. While the movie is an entreaty for peace, the book is a reason to keep fighting for the American values of honor, pride, and unity. Written by science fiction giant David Brin, The Postman includes an element of science fiction not stressed in the book. | Read More
Poetry is an art form that often gets lost in translation. However, Pablo Neruda’s poems seem to exist somehow beyond the confines of language barriers, in a realm in which they sound just as beautiful and succulent in English as they do in their native Spanish. | Read More
And Another Thing…, written in 2009, couldn’t possibly be claiming what I thought it was claiming-who could possibly think they were gifted enough to carry on where the great Douglas Adams had left off? Eoin Colfer, that’s who, author of the Artemis Fowl series and literary giant in his own right. | Read More
Historical fiction has always been my genre of choice. As a history major, I am naturally inclined towards learning about the lives of men who died long before I was born. Logicomix is a graphic novel that details the life of Bertrand Russell, a mathematician-turned-philosopher who set off on an “Epic Search for Truth” that spanned two continents and led him to discussions with some of the greatest mathematical minds in the history of the world. | Read More
Nella Larsen was a major canonical writer of the Harlem Renaissance, and her work should be read for the purpose of educating future generations on the importance of the cultural movement that was the Harlem Renaissance and its role as the precursor for the Civil Rights Movement. Being Black at the turn of the century was a difficult enough position to find oneself in, but being Black and a woman made one’s life almost impossible to enjoy. | Read More
The Monk, written by Matthew Lewis when he was 19 years old, is filled with hypocritical religious Monks and Nuns and lustful and euphemism-based scenes. It is also comprised of two subplots, which contain action, knights in shining armor, and damsels in distress. This 18thcentury Gothic novel can provoke even the simplest of feelings when reading – shock, horror, hate and love. | Read More
Edna St. Vincent Millay lived in the Village for most of her life and spent the majority of her time loving and writing. Perhaps it was the combination of where she lived and how she loved that created the beautiful poems collected in The Everyman’s Library Pocket Poetry collection entitled Millay. | Read More
There are 25 levels of classification for murders. Level 1 is for the amateurs, the ones that start out in the business. Level 25 is for the organized and brutal murders.
There is one new level made for one man.
His targets – anyone.
His methods – unlimited.
His alias – Sqweegel.
His classification – Level 26. | Read More
The Forgotten Garden spins a tale so intricate that each word seems like another stitch on a perfectly embroidered golden gown worn by a princess. The interwoven stories of the strong female characters create a world so beautiful it appears almost as fanciful as the stories Eliza writes while alone in her cottage. | Read More
