Category: Books
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Book Review – Wild Seed by Octavia Butler
I first heard about the Patternmaster series last year from a friend who had been introduced to it. My husband bought me the four-book series for Christmas and I read them in chronological order as I intended to. There are two ways to read the Patternmaster series: 1) Publication Dates or 2) Chronological Story Dates.…
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Book Review – The English Wife by Lauren Willig
To start out, it took me days to get through the first chapter because I was completely bored out of my mind with what I thought was the whiny character of Janie. But once I finally got going, Janie became a very special character to me – One I think I relate with more than…
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2018 New Releases You Must Read – Part 1
This is part 1 in a two part article showcasing the top 10 books to read this year! Finding new and amazing books is like finding a personal treasure for me. I cannot express the amount of time I’ve spent in bookstores looking through the New Releases section with dozens of new books only to…
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Progress on “The Passage”
In March of this year, my husband and I welcomed our third child into our lives. After a few weeks of being home I was in need of a bookstore visit and made plans with my mom to head out to lunch and visit my favorite spot: Barnes and Noble. On one of the center…
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Green Darkness by: Anya Seton
I recently finished this book. When my Nana moved she gave me a huge box full of all of her old books. This is one of those books. It has a plain green hard-cover and simply says “Green Darkness” on the front of it. When I acquired this book, it looked old and dusty. I…
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Law of Life
There is a sense of deep meaning in “The Law of Life”. London very carefully lays out his story with the introduction of Koskoosh as he is beginning his journey to death. In Koskoosh’s tribe, death is known as an inevitable event that everyone must experience. However, as the reader we are transfixed and carried through…
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The Yellow Wallpaper
As I read this story I continued to feel anxious for the main character in hopes that she would help the women behind the wallpaper escape and free them. I found myself relating with her situation and hoping for her to find a way to help these people. During our discussions in class this week,…
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Slavery
After reading this week’s pieces which included a comical fiction piece by Charles W. Chesnutt “The Goophered Grapevine” and a strong historical reference piece by W. E. B. Du Bois “From The Souls of Black Folk” really had me thinking about the historical context of slavery. Du Bois gives a magnificent, albeit confrontational depiction…
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Bierce & Harte
The readings for this week were interesting and different. What I struggled with mostly this week was that I read everything so quickly in the beginning part of the week, worked on parts of my homework, then went on a three-day vacation where I nearly forgot most of it, then came back yesterday to try…
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Crossing Brooklyn Ferry – Walt Whitman
As I was reading this work I was taking notes. By the end of the story, I had made a very strong connection with a flow in this piece. It appeared to me that the author was telling an important story, but was even more importantly describing the transitions through life. Within this story were…
Adventures in Literature 