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Synopsis: Esther Greenwood is brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under—maybe for the last time. In her acclaimed and enduring masterwork, Sylvia Plath brilliantly draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that her insanity becomes palpably real, even rational—as accessible an experience as going to the movies. A deep penetration… Continue reading Review: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Synopsis: This is the story of a woman's struggle for independence. Helen "Graham" has returned to Wildfell Hall in flight from a disastrous marriage. Exiled to the desolate moorland mansion, she adopts an assumed name and earns her living as a painter. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall was gifted to me by my best friend,… Continue reading Review: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
Its BOXING DAY! I don't really know what the purpose of boxing day is, but I figured it would be a good day to show my non-book gifts that are still in certain fandoms! Up first, I got a really cute ornament of the TARDIS! I used to be super into Doctor Who, but I… Continue reading Christmas Haul (part 2)
I find that whenever I revisit authors that I read in high school, I get a very different feel and view of the book. For Hemingway, that didn’t really change. I read An Old Man and The Sea in grade 11 or 12, and I remember thinking ‘wow, this guy doesn’t really care about punctuation’.… Continue reading Review: A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Hello! I know I haven't posted in a while, but midterms completely swamped me and I didn't have much time to do anything. But now that I'm on break, I'm planning on stocking up on a couple posts so I can prepare for finals. Midterms also meant that I had to put off reading for… Continue reading Review: A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
Hello and good morning! We all have that one friend who recommends us amazing books. My friend Laura has been urging me to read The Picture of Dorian Gray for nearly two years, and today I finally finished it! It was really different than I expected and I loved how it was kind of a… Continue reading Review: The Picture of Dorian Gray
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