A little bit of everything for everyone.
Some books I have been reading…
Sorry I have been away for so long.
Where have I been?
Studying English Literature and Creative Writing.
Been reading a lot with no time to blog.
However when I do have some time I will have a lot of material to review.
Novels:
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
(Yes I know who hasn’t read it! I already had but it is a classic and a requirement for class)
Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
(A feminist novel about a country of only women invaded by three men)
Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
(Really more of a long story filled with poems and pictures. The sequel to Alice in Wonderland)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
(Love! Story of Katniss Everdeen fighting in the Hunger Games. An event in the country of Panem where two teens from each of the 12 districts fight to the death until one survives to become the victor. The event enforces the oppression that the rulers have over their citizens)
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
(Love Again! The sequel to The Hunger Games. Katniss actions during the Games result in unrest across the country. She finds herself inadvertently leading the rebellion against the Capitol)
Short Stories:
A Scandal in Bohemia by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(Sherlock Holmes Case where a woman gets the best of Holmes)
The Adventure of the Red-Headed League by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(The solving of a bank robbery by discovering the purpose of a fake league)
The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(A family tradition is realized and solved)
The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(Favourite! Holmes gets the better of a murderous stepfather)
The Dead by James Joyce
(A snapshot of Irish society at the beginning of the 20th century)
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
(Interesting! A modern take on the Bluebeard fairytale)
The Courtship of Mr. Lyon by Angela Carter
(A modern Beauty and the Beast fairytale. Sticks to the traditional storyline)
The Tiger’s Bride by Angela Carter
(Also based on Beauty and the Beast but she flips it with Beauty becoming a beast. Kinda like the movie Shrek)
Woman of Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros
(A collection of short stories seen through the eyes of different narrators in the Chicano culture)
Plays:
Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neill
(Poignant! A modern play believed to be based on the author’s own personal life. The dad and older son are alcoholics, the younger son is sick with consumption, and the mother is a dope fiend)
