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The Color Purple by Alice Walker
While growing up I heard so much about this book. Since it’s republished as 2004 edition I picked the book from the library. There are a few things that surprise me about the book. I did not expect the book to be an epistolary novel, so easy to read, entertaining and full of wisdom. The … Continue reading
Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway
‘The Old Man and The Sea’ is a short novel written by Hemingway. At 99 pages it is not divided into different chapters or parts, but in the form of continuous narration. This is Hemingway last piece of work and it was published in September, 1952 to critical acclaim and won him the 1953 Pulitzer … Continue reading
Double Read-along
Starting the 1st September, I’ll be reading The Frenchman’s Creek by Daphne Du Maurier with Diane@Bibliophile by the sea and The End of Mr. Y with Vishy @ Vishy’s blog.. We will aim to publish the review by Sunday the 18th September that will give us time to read and write a review. Two different … Continue reading
Wuthering Heights : The end of mini Read-along (and the Royal Wedding!)
It is the end of the Wuthering Heights mini read-along. Sigh, what can I say? I can say it didn’t deviate much from my first impression as posted in my intro post My first thought about Wuthering Heights I’ll use the discussion questions from the Penguin Reader to answer some of my thoughts about Wuthering … Continue reading
What is your first thought about Wuthering Heights?
Although scheduled to finish this month, I have finished Wuthering Heights on the 7th April. Don’t worry read-along friends. My review will not appear until 29th April this month. Once you read the novel, it is easy to know what it is about the novel that captivates readers throughout the centuries. It is written like … Continue reading
Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
Shimamura is tired of the bustling city. he takes the train through the snow to the mountains of the west coast of Japan to meet with a geisha he believes he loves. Beautiful and innocent, Komako is tightly bound by the rules of a rural geisha and lives a life of servitude and seclusion that … Continue reading
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Lord of the Flies is no stranger to those who have to read this as a literature text during high school. I first saw the 1963 (it could be the 1990, can’t remember now) movie in a late night TV before I read the book, but didn’t stay long to finish it. I remembered the … Continue reading
Graham Greene: The Power and The Glory
The Power and The Glory is Graham Greene’s widely-acclaimed masterpiece and is listed as one of his many titles that qualifies a place in 1001 books to read before you die. Set in the Mexico of the 1930′s – a time when the Catholic church was viciously persecuted by an atheistic government. The catholic clergies have either … Continue reading
Oranges are not the only fruits
She had never heard of mixed feelings. There were friends, and they were enemies: Enemies were: The Devil (in his many forms) Next Door (Neighbours) Sex (in its many forms) Slugs Friends were: God Our dog Auntie Madge The Novels of Charlotte Bronte Slug pellets She is Jeanette’s mother. Jeanette was adopted into a religious … Continue reading
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men is a novella written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression in California. George Milton, an intelligent and cynical man, and Lennie Small, an ironically-named man of large stature … Continue reading
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