Tag: literary fiction
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Book Review #25: Frenchman’s Creek by Daphne du Maurier
I’ve certainly mentioned before that I’m a huge fan of Daphne du Maurier. I like her descriptive and mysterious writing style, her focus on tragic female characters, and her tantalizing plots. Frenchman’s Creek, published in 1941, has most of the markers of a signature du Maurier novel. While Frenchman’s Creek is one of du Maurier’s…
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My Personal Favorite Books
Note: I ended up skipping last week because this post is so egregiously long, and I didn’t have anything to post in its place. My apologies to the five people who consistently read my blog. Recently I’ve been thinking about an argument I had with my boyfriend. He claims that the story told in The…
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Book Review #19: Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
It’s been a while. Some time ago I wrote a post about how to motivate yourself to write when you really don’t want to. As you can tell by my months-long absence, I did not take my own advice. I would like to add a quick tip, though: Another great way to make yourself write…
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Book Review #18: My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
Today I’m coming at you with some slight controversy. I didn’t hear about this book when it came out (because I don’t pay attention to these sorts of things), so I didn’t have very much background about it before going into this read. However, it was pretty apparent from the synopsis of the story that…
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Book Review #10: My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
I’m going to put a PSA here to enjoy this book review because it will be the last one for a few weeks, at least. I’m currently reading The Stand by Stephen King, the 1200 page version that was released in the 90s, and it’s going to take me a while. I love Stephen King,…
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Book Review #9: Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
This novel created the idea behind my last two posts, and here is the promised review. Johnny Got HIs Gun is an anti-war novel that describes the plight of a soldier after he has gone and returned from WWI. The story describes the promising potential of the young man, ruined by his grievous injuries after…
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Book Review #7: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Yes, I’m behind. Again. It’s this thing called “life” and it always happens when you least expect it. However, I already have next week’s post planned so I’m on the right track for returning to my regular schedule. On to the book review. And, may I just say, what a book. I was enthralled from…
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Bless Me, Ultima: A Chicano Classic (Stop #1: New Mexico)
My first major stop on my road trip was Albuquerque, New Mexico. Before that I’d stayed a night in San Antonio, but only to make the twenty-six hour drive from Florida to New Mexico semi-bearable. With bloodshot eyes and aching limbs, I drove into Albuquerque around seven in the evening, checked into my hotel, and…
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The Alchemist and “Wine-mom Spirituality”
I am sure we have all heard that The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is one of those life-changing novels I told you all to be wary of in another post (specifically my review of Greenlights, which you can find here: link). Last year, I set out to read it to see if my life would…