Book News and Reviews

Archive for January, 2008

31 Jan

Book Review: The Mist by Stephen King

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 [...]

31 Jan

Classic Roundup

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 [...]

29 Jan

My Favorite Classic Isn’t on Your Poll – Doofus!

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

25 Jan

Book Review: The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie

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 [...]

15 Jan

Book Review: The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett

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 [...]

06 Jan

Poem: When We Two Parted by Lord Byron

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

04 Jan

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth

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 [...]

03 Jan

Book Review: The Shining by Stephen King

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 [...]

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