Posted on August 18, 2013
by Adam Burgess
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Persuasion by Jane Austen Final Verdict: 3.75 of 4.0 YTD: 47 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful (socially, academically, etc.) Persuasion is the story of Anne Elliot, the middle-daughter of Sir Walter and Lady Elliot, the latter of whom died fourteen years… Continue Reading “Thoughts: Persuasion by Jane Austen”
Category: 1001 Books, 2013 TBR Pile Challenge, Austen in August, Book Review, Classics, Fiction, Jane Austen, Literature, Manners, Marriage Plot, Social Drama
Posted on August 4, 2013
by Adam Burgess
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Final Verdict: 4.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 46 Harper Lee’s noted –and only- work, To Kill a Mockingbird, has become a classic piece of literature and a staple of American culture and southern history. The narrator and… Continue Reading “Thoughts: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee”
Category: 1001 Books, American Lit, Book Review, Classics, Coming-of-Age, Courtroom Drama, Events, Fiction, Harper Lee, Historical Fiction, MockingbirdReads, Read-Alongs, Social Drama, Southern Lit
Posted on July 1, 2013
by Adam Burgess
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The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, Part Two by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 40 The Second Part of Don Quixote was published in 1615, exactly ten years after the first. According to Cervantes’s dedication, it… Continue Reading “Thoughts: Don Quixote, Part Two by Miguel Cervantes”
Category: 1001 Books, 2013 B2tC Challenge, 2013 Challenges, Book Review, CC-Spin, Chivalry, Classics, Classics Club, Comedy, Historical, Literature, metafiction, Miguel Cervantes, Morality Novel, Parody, Romance, Spanish
Posted on July 1, 2013
by Adam Burgess
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The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, Part One by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 40 Don Quixote is considered by many to be the first example of the contemporary novel-as-we-know-it, though I believe this is… Continue Reading “Thoughts: Don Quixote, Part One by Miguel Cervantes”
Category: 1001 Books, 2013 B2tC Challenge, 2013 Challenges, Book Review, Chivalry, Classics, Classics Club, Comedy, Historical, Historical Fiction, Literature, Miguel Cervantes, Morality Novel, Parody, Romance, Spanish
Posted on June 28, 2013
by Adam Burgess
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So, dear readers, I have this a nasty habit of obsessing over “best of” lists, when it comes to books. Best of a certain genre; best of a certain country; best of a certain time period; best for a certain type of reader. Whatever.… Continue Reading “Read-along: To Kill a Mockingbird (July 15 – Aug 1)”
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