Review: Gone Girl

January 11, 2013 Whitney Review 16 Comments
Review: Gone Girl

My family has gone away for Christmas every year since I was little, and each year there seems to be one book that is floating around the airport.  Last year while waiting for connections everyone was reading Stephen King’s 11/22/63 (including myself) this year, it was Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl. Gone Girl seemed to appear […]

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Book Review: The Greatest Gift

January 9, 2013 Whitney Review 1 Comment
Book Review: The Greatest Gift

The Greatest Gift is best known as the inspiration for Frank Capra’s beloved It’s A Wonderful Life.  This short story was a surprise to me not only because of how enchanting it is, putting life in perspective, but also because of the differences between this and it’s adapted movie.  First off, there is no Uncle […]

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The Classic Club Readathon

January 5, 2013 Whitney read-a-thon 8 Comments
The Classic Club Readathon

In just a little bit I will be beginning The Classics Club’s first ever readathon. My goal is to aim for 10 hours, I know already that I wouldn’t be reading the full 24 because I already have plans for dinner and a movie (I’m rooting for Les Miserables)  Anyway, the clock is ticking down […]

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Turn of the Century Salon: Introductions

January 4, 2013 Whitney Event 8 Comments
Turn of the Century Salon: Introductions

Katherine at November’s Autumn is hosting the Turn of the Century Salon, a year long event focusing on novels written during the late 1880s and early 1930s.  To participate you simply have to post on a novel published in said time frame. This is a period of literature I have read very little of as […]

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Christmas Reading & Airplane Adventures

Christmas Reading & Airplane Adventures

I returned from Christmas vacation late last night after spending ten days in Florida.  The vacation was great, getting there was a different story… My parents, Grandfather, his girlfriend and I all flew out together, getting up at 4:30 a.m. for a 6am flight.  Everything went smoothly, going through security and a prompt boarding time. […]

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My Life According To The Books I Read In 2012

December 31, 2012 Whitney Meme 5 Comments
My Life According To The Books I Read In 2012

The new year is approaching, and I’m summing it up with a meme I discovered last year, hosted by The Happily Ever After… entitled My Life According To The Books I Read In 2012 Outside of the mad lib below, my life in books was rather slow,  I went through several reading ruts, said rut was caused due […]

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Book Review: The Death of Ivan Ilych

December 21, 2012 Whitney Review 0 Comments
Book Review: The Death of Ivan Ilych

This novella begins with Ivan’s colleagues of the court upon hearing of his death and bickering over who will be promoted to his place.  Already, I smelled greed as a prominent theme.  The reader travels to his memorial with said colleagues and finds what appears to be a devoted, distraught widow, Oh how wrong they were… […]

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