Behind a Mask is an excellent way to become acquainted with Alcott’s racier side. With a hidden identity used for publication (A.M. Barnard) it all fits together nicely in this unique thriller. From the beginning, I knew that there was something fishy going on and was pretty sure I knew the motive; my suspicions were […]
Pride and Prejudice I feel is the ultimate love story. Our heroine, Elizabeth Bennet is pretty, witty and wise with a great sense of time and humor. Mr. Darcy is rude, proud and very disagreeable, even if he is worth ten thousand a year. Both cannot stand each other. So what makes this the ultimate […]
Cranford is a small town which is high in the population of female. In the first section of the book, every male who enters the town drops like flies making it feel jinxed or like an old-fashioned sorority. Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel is a sequence of short stories that all intertwine. I’m typically not a short […]
Lucy and her vivid imagination and determination to believe enables her to see Aslan first, convincing her siblings that he has returned being beneficial to their quest. Cheers and hope are sounded by his return uplifting the reader’s heart. This is until, Peter must duel Miraz and then one is holding their breath. I must […]
I loved this book growing up and still enjoyed it now. I think this is because it has the fantasy element for children but has a religious undertone as well. It has been greatly debated whether Aslan is to represent Christ. Edmund, who when first entering Narnia was put under at trance by the White […]
Sense and Sensibility is a novel of the Dashwoods. Mrs. Dashwood, a silly women focused on acquiring a comfortable fortune and abode along with marrying off her daughters well. Elinor, a very sensible girl who always does the logical or right thing. Marianne who unlike her sister follows her heart and lives in the moment. […]
Until one night when an unannounced stranger comes to Rosamond Vivian’s island, stealing her heart and whisking her away from her home. Rosamond and her now husband Philip Tempest, live a peaceful and happy first year until a mysterious lady appears at their doorstep divulging some unknown information about Phillip which turns Rosamond’s heart cold […]
I like this book, but at the same time I didn’t. I think this is because some of the magical creatures such as the talking china dolls were unnecessary and got in the way for the real reason of the story, to get Dorothy back to Kansas with Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. Even so, […]
Review Was the Wicked Witch of the West truly Wicked, or just a misunderstood green girl? This is the question asked while trying to uncover the root of true evil. Elphaba is born “damaged” being green, and seems to know more of what is going on around her than she lets on. While growing up […]
Review I finished Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte last night and find it very appropriate that it was during a tornado watch as that describes this novel very well. A tornado of disastrous events circles this novel, involving, gambling and alcoholism, violence, death and an overall conniving plot. None of the characters had any redeeming […]