Anna Karenina provides a vast panorama of contemporary life in Russia and of humanity in general. In it Tolstoy uses his intense imaginative insight to create some of the most memorable characters in literature. Anna is a sophisticated woman who abandons her empty existence as the wife of Karenin and turns to Count Vronsky to … Continue reading Mini classic review: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
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Mini classic review: 1984 by George Orwell
Winston Smith works for the Ministry of truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new possibilities. Despite the … Continue reading Mini classic review: 1984 by George Orwell
Mini classic review: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Wuthering Heights is the tale of two families both joined and riven by love and hate. Cathy is a beautiful and wilful young woman torn between her soft-hearted husband and Heathcliff, the passionate and resentful man who has loved her since childhood. The power of their bond creates a maelstrom of cruelty and violence which will … Continue reading Mini classic review: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Magical Readathon: Orilium Spring Equinox TBR
Hi all! I'm very excited to get back into the Magical Readathon: Orilium again this year, after the creator, Book Roast, hosted The Novice Path last year. I successfully passed The Novice Path, which you can check out here. Now we're up to the fun part: character creation, choosing guilds, powers, and setting up TBRs … Continue reading Magical Readathon: Orilium Spring Equinox TBR
Mini classic review: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don’t know what, if anything, awaits them … Continue reading Mini classic review: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Mini classic review: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of the The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out of work actor. … Continue reading Mini classic review: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
January Wrap Up: The Month of Classics
Hi all! How was everyone's January? Mine was busy -- lots of reading, watching movies, catching up with friends, and going to events. I'm quite tired, to be honest! And my February is shaping up to busy as well. Books read 13 reads: 8 audiobooks, 2 books, 1 play, 1 essay, 1 poetry collection Book … Continue reading January Wrap Up: The Month of Classics
Mini classic review: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
To bitter, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, Christmas is just another day. But all that changes when the ghost of his long-dead business partner appears, warning Scrooge to change his ways before it's too late. Then on Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by three different ghosts of Christmas, who show him his past, his present, and his future, … Continue reading Mini classic review: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Mini classic review: Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, two ranch hands, come together when they're working as sheepherder and camp tender one summer on a range above the tree line. At first, sharing an isolated tent, the attraction is casual, inevitable, but something deeper catches them that summer. Both men work hard, marry, and have kids because … Continue reading Mini classic review: Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
Mini classic review: Emma by Jane Austen
Emma is young, rich and independent. She has decided not to get married and instead spends her time organising her acquaintances' love affairs. Her plans for the matrimonial success of her new friend Harriet, however, lead her into complications that ultimately test her own detachment from the world of romance. If I loved you less, … Continue reading Mini classic review: Emma by Jane Austen