By Willa Cather ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I did not want this book to end. After the last book I read, it felt like I got this one finished in an afternoon. The story follows Professor St. Peter and his friendship with the mysterious Tom Outland. The story plays out on a few different levels. The professor is … Continue reading Review: The Professor’s House
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Book Review: The Bonfire of the Vanities
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 by Tom Wolfe The story follows the downfall of a Wall Street bond salesman--- a Master of the Universe (his words, not mine)--- who accidentally hits and fatally injures a young man one night while lost in the Bronx. What follows is a story of fate, power, manipulation, and deception. When I started the … Continue reading Book Review: The Bonfire of the Vanities
Review: Doom
The Politics of Catastrophe by Niall Ferguson ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I soaked this book up! Unfortunately, I'm a shallow sponge, and I will probably have to revisit it at some point to really process all of the information here. This was a good book to read on the Kindle where you can export your notes and highlights … Continue reading Review: Doom
Review: Anne of Green Gables
By L.M. Montgomery How have I never read this book before!! From page one I kept thinking: I would have loved (cannot bold that word enough) this book as a thirteen year old. The story--- as many of you know--- follows the formative years of Anne Shirley, an orphan who is mistakenly adopted by brother … Continue reading Review: Anne of Green Gables
Book Review: The Fiery Cross
by Diana Gabaldon 🌟🌟🌟🌟&1/2 Recommend to lovers of historical fiction I always love my excursions back into the world of the Frasers. However, I downgraded this book to four and a half stars because I felt the story just wasn't as tight this time around. In fact, it's rather hard to give a synopsis of … Continue reading Book Review: The Fiery Cross
Book Review: Christmas Holiday
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 by W. Somerset Maugham Recommend to lovers of literary classics and more cerebral fiction. Reading this story felt rather like comfort food. Not because of the subject matter. The story had very little to do with Christmas. But because it's just so pleasing to fall into the written arms of someone who knows what … Continue reading Book Review: Christmas Holiday
Review: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
🌟🌟🌟 By Douglas Adams Recommend to Sci-fi lovers I don't know if I'm the best person review this book. I'm not usually a huge Sci-fi fan. I get bogged down in the made up names and get distracted by technology details that date the work. It was no different with this book. The story follows … Continue reading Review: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Book Review: Radium Girls by Kate Moore
🌟🌟 & 1/2 Recommend to history lovers. I've had my eye on this book for some time, and I was excited to start it, but the reality was a bit disappointing. The story recounts what happened to the female dial-painters who worked in factories painting luminous watch dials with radium-laced paint. It is a story … Continue reading Book Review: Radium Girls by Kate Moore
Book Review: Savage Country by Robert Olmstead
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Recommend to western lovers and lovers of stories with darker themes. Every once in a while I get a hankerin' to read a western. It's not my preferred genre, but I have enjoyed most of my forays into the literary wild west. This story follows a woman's quest to keep her land and home … Continue reading Book Review: Savage Country by Robert Olmstead
Review: The Man Without a Shadow by Joyce Carol Oates
🌟🌟🌟& 1/2 Recommend to lovers of Philosophical suspense (IF there is such a thing!) I wanted to give the story a full four stars, but there were a few things that hung me up. The book is about a neuro-psychologist who falls in love with her amnesiac subject. The man can remember all of his … Continue reading Review: The Man Without a Shadow by Joyce Carol Oates
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