Roof Beam Reader
Adam Burgess
Category: American Lit
Review: White Noise by Don DeLillo
White Noise by Don DeLillo Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 51 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful (socially, academically, etc.) “This is the language of waves and radiation, of how the dead speak to the living.” White Noise is the story… Continue Reading “Review: White Noise by Don DeLillo”
The Ernest Hemingway Audiobook Library! (Simon & Schuster)
I was recently contacted by the Audio division of Simon & Schuster, who let me know that the Complete Works of Ernest Hemingway were about to be released, for the first time, as an audiobook collection. As a fan of Hemingway, I was thrilled. Then,… Continue Reading “The Ernest Hemingway Audiobook Library! (Simon & Schuster)”
Review: Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler Final Verdict: 4.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 46 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting, believable, and impactful. Anne Tyler’s 1982 novel Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner… Continue Reading “Review: Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler”
Review: Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion
Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 43 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. Joan Didion’s Play It as It Lays is included in Time magazine’s “100 Best English-Language Novels from 1923 to 2005.”… Continue Reading “Review: Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion”
Review: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 41 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting, believable, and impactful. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is the story of a group of men residing in an Oregon (USA) mental… Continue Reading “Review: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey”
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