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Cover Collection: O Pioneers!
1. Oxford World’s Classics // 2. Penguin Classics // 3. Vintage Classics 4. Houghton Mifflin // 5. Signet Classics // 6. Virago Modern Classics I don’t have much to write about lately, so I am throwing out another cover collection for your enjoyment. I really like all of these covers, but I think my favorite…
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A Writing Block & A Reading Slump
Hello, friends! I am in the midst of a massive writing block at the moment. I can’t seem to write about a book to save my life. I have a few books I want to tell you about, but every time I sit down to post about them my little brain just freezes right up.…
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Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Most of you probably know that Wide Sargasso Sea is a prequel to Jane Eyre. It tells the story of Bertha Mason, Rochester’s mad wife in the attic, and her childhood, family and how she came to be married to Mr. Edward Rochester in Jamaica. Jean Rhys wrote the novel in the 60’s as she…
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Cover Collection: Jane Eyre
1.Vintage Classics // 2. Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions // 3. Signet Classics // 4. Pocket Penguin Classics // 5. Everyman’s Library Classics // 6. HarperTeen // A fetching collection of Jane Eyre covers, no? I really have a hard time deciding which is my favorite, but I think today it is #5. Which one do…
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The Shooting Party by Isabel Colegate
The Shooting Party takes place in 1913, over three days in October, at a shooting party at Nettleby Park, the home of Sir Randolph Nettleby and his wife Minnie. At first glance it seems like nothing much happens in this novel, but it is one of those books that, despite a slight plot, reveals heaps…
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Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds and Fathom Events
Last week while I was on vacation I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the movies during the middle of a Wednesday afternoon. It felt so decadent sitting in the nearly empty movie theater, the cool air conditioning blowing gently on my face, with only 10 or so other people sitting around me. I was…
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The Priory by Dorothy Whipple
This is my second Whipple of the summer and a very entertaining read it turned out to be. I saw this described somewhere as 1930’s chick lit and I wouldn’t dispute that. It is very dramatic, emotional, concerned with families, marriage and children and is slightly neurotic. It wasn’t what I expected, but I enjoyed…
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A Few Days in the White Mountains
Today is the last day of my two week vacation and it has been wonderful. I return to work tomorrow after a blissful and relaxing break, ready to return to work, but a bit sad that my free and easy days are ending. I really liked being able to wake up without an alarm, go…
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