Book News and Reviews

The Book: The Mist
The Author: Stephen King
Julia Rating: 6 out of 10
My Comments:
This was a decent novelette. It did get a little boring and sometimes I find Mr. King’s need to put a sex scene or something about sex in almost every one of his books annoying, especially when it’s not really applicable to the […]

I created a poll on “Which Classic is Better?” a few days ago and I wanted to explain my selection of books - why I picked the ones that I did and not other ones.The poll consist of the following books:
The Old Man and The Sea (by Ernest Hemingway)
Les Miserable (by Victor Hugo)
Hamlet (by William […]

If your favorite classic isn’t on my poll, comment below to tell me what it is! I’d love to know!

The Book: The Secret of Chimneys
The Author: Agatha Christie
Julia Rating: 8 out of 10
My Comments:
I am a huge Agatha Christie fan, and I love that this one isn’t a Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot book - I like to shake things up every once in a while. This book was fantastic. I don’t really like […]

The Book: The Colour of Magic
The Author: Terry Pratchett

Julia Rating: 7 out of 10

My Comments:
This is purported as the first of the famous Discworld Series by Terry Pratchett and I have to say that I think his later books are much better. This primitive beginning of his series was funny and adventurous with great characters […]

This poem was performed on YouTube by Richard Coyle. It’s beautiful and haunting and I love it:

For anyone who has not discovered William Wordsworth - he is a poet from 18th century England. Most of his poetry is about nature. “Like Robert Frost?” you may ask. No. But sort of. Like a really old Robert Frost from the 18th century who’s English. Read on and discover:
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
by […]

The Book: The Shining
The Author: Stephen King
Julia Rating: 10 out of 10
My Comments:
This book is incredible. It has it all, suspense, fantasy, action and horror. I’m sure most everyone has seen the movie. Compared to the book, the movies suck. Even the one with Jack Nicholson. And - despite my boyfriend’s insistence otherwise - the […]