This is the sixth in my series of posts wherein I write reviews for classic books in the form of letters to the characters. I’m re-reading all of Jane Austen’s books in 2016, and now I’m almost to the end. I was originally supposed to read Northanger Abbey in September, but due to the I’m sure hilarious from afar neverending comedy of errors that is my life right now, I didn’t get to it until October, and pushed writing the review until the last possible minute. Anyways, I’d […]
Book Club Discussion Post: The Count Of Monte Cristo
It is time for our fourth and final #CannonBookClub of 2016. It is my sincerest hope that you have enjoyed this experience, and I look forward to continuing on in 2017. I’m working on genre ideas now, so if you have hopes and dreams of what you’d like to see the group tackle, let me know. But we are really gathered here today to discuss the epic tome which is Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo. It is the story of one man completely […]
No time to read the book? Well then this is the review for you!
So, I know this book was long. I was one of the people who voted for it, so I was going to read the whole thing, darn it! And I’m glad I did. It was ridiculously long, but also really good. And I feel like I accomplished something when I finished. As I read, I realized that things were going to get complicated, and I didn’t want to lose track of what was going on. So I started writing my review chapter by chapter. I […]
Discussion Topics: The Count of Monte Cristo
How is everyone doing with The Count of Monte Cristo? Which version have you decided to tackle? Have you forgiven me yet for putting it on the poll in the first place? (I really thought you all would pick Frankenstein or The Age of Innocence.) As of the time of posting, we all have 12 more days to get as much read as possible about Edmond Dantès, his confinement to the grim fortress of If, the great treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo, […]
A Palate Cleanser
I read Charlotte’s Web a few weeks ago, just for fun. I wasn’t going to review it, but this week I felt like writing a review of something. . . just nice. Charlotte’s Web is just about the nicest book in the world. If you’ve never read it, it’s the story of a pig, Wilbur, the runt of the litter. He’s saved by the farmer’s daughter, Fern, and eventually goes to live on the farm of her uncle, Homer Zuckerman. There, he meets the spider […]
Early Fantasy: Long Stories in Which Not Much Happens
Part of my Masters thesis is on the evolution of the fantasy novel. This means I had to delve into the pre-Tolkien works, which while important to the evolution of the fantasy process, is a scary place to go and, frankly they’re downright boring. I DNFed The Wood Beyond the World by William Morris at about the 20% mark since I could barely understand the sentence structure, never mind the plot, and slogged through The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany instead since it […]
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