Category: Review

Book Review: Wench

Book Review: Wench

Lizzie, our lead protagonist visits the camp with her master Drayle and looks at this time as a mini-vacation to spend with her friends, Sweet, Reenie and Mawu. Wench was an interesting concept but went absolutely nowhere.  The bases of the plot was the girls doing some sort of chore, followed by anal sex and […]

Posted August 23, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 4 Comments

Review: Now, Voyager

Review: Now, Voyager

Now, Voyager is a classic novel which was later popularized by the 1942 film starring Bette Davis.  I first became antiquated with the novel through the cinema due to my favorite actress being Bette Davis.  Therefore, I knew the story going into it but this did not tarnish the novel.  The film followed the novel […]

Posted August 20, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 3 Comments

Review: Columbine

Review: Columbine

Like most historic events or tragedies, you can remember where you were and what you were doing. I was fourteen at the time so don’t remember exactly that but have a very vivid memory just a few weeks afterward.  I was in 8th grade and a boy a class behind mine brought two walkie talkies […]

Posted August 11, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 5 Comments

Book Review: Dark Places

Book Review: Dark Places

I really enjoyed Dark Places, it is one of the few books that shows the heroine in a bad light and at times I was so annoyed by her lack of direction that I wanted to throw the book against that wall.  But that doesn’t mean I stopped reading it, quite the contrary, I ate […]

Posted August 10, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 2 Comments

Review: The Borrower

Review: The Borrower

Rebecca Makkai’s novel was told from the point of view of a librarian — someone who loves books, loves her job and her patrons. and there are book references on every page. Sounds like a book lover’s dream right?  Unfortunately, no. Ian Drake is a ten-year old patron of the library whose parents have enrolled […]

Posted July 24, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 5 Comments

Review: Bright Young Things

Review: Bright Young Things

What was the first thing I thought of while starting this book, prohibition, flappers, the bob?  No, no and no, the first thing that came to mind was Micheal Jackson’s PYT Pretty Young Thing — and I’m not even a fan! Cordelia starts off as a runaway bride from a small town in Ohio who […]

Posted July 23, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 1 Comment

Review: Splendor

Review: Splendor

Overall, I enjoyed The Luxe series but even after a week to reflect on the conclusion I’m still unsure how I feel about it. But one thing I have agreed upon is the universal theme of unrequited love. No matter how you spin it the ending of the Diana/Henry romance will satisfy a very small […]

Posted July 20, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 1 Comment

Room by Emma Donoghue

Room by Emma Donoghue

First Impressions I recently watched the Diane Sawyer interview with Jaycee Dugard. One word came to mind, why?  What would possess anyone to commit such an act?  A sick bastard.  Room by Emma Donoghue captured my attention with atrocity that is hard to imagine. Impressions While Reading What I liked about Room was that it does […]

Posted July 18, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 5 Comments

Book Review: The Wide Window

Book Review: The Wide Window

After their uncle’s death the Baudelaires are moved to their Aunt Josephine’s who lives on the top of a cliff looking down on the sea.  She is scared of everything including the water below her home.  Soon after being intrusted to Josephine’s care she becomes infatuated with a pirate by the name of Captain Sham.  […]

Posted July 17, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 0 Comments

Book Review: The Reptile Room

Book Review: The Reptile Room

After an adult finally realizes what an unsuitable guardian Count Olaf is (but only after he attempted to marry Violet).  The children go to stay with Uncle Monty herpetologist, but guess who’s coming to dinner? and it’s not Sidney Poitier.  Count Olaf returns hunting the children as Stephano, Uncle Monty’s new assistant with another attempt […]

Posted July 16, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 0 Comments