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Adam Burgess
The books listed below are those I read for last week’s Read-a-Thon. I planned not to write a review for each, because I don’t really have time to play catch-up on 8 book reviews, particularly with National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) starting in two… Continue Reading “Brief Thoughts on 8 Books”
Exterminator! by William S. Burroughs Final Verdict: 3.25 out of 4.0 YTD: 37 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. Exterminator! is a loosely-related collection of 30 short stories, all neurotically obsessed with the American human condition before & during the 1960s. Like many of… Continue Reading “Review: Exterminator! by William S. Burroughs”
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 18 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful Let’s take a moment to talk about true artistry, shall we? What Vladimir Nabokov does with Lolita is pure, unadulterated (heh heh) genius. The… Continue Reading “Review: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov”
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? By Edward Albee Final Verdict: 4.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 59 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful Edward Albee’s play, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, is intoxicating – literally. With every turn of the page, the reader… Continue Reading “Review: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee”
Roof Beam Reader 