Book review I loved this book, because I am one of those woo-woo kinds of women–I love stuff about the afterlife, reincarnation, paranormal, etc. Anything that will help me fight the fear that death is the end. Like lots of people, I saw the movie with Robin Williams back when it first came out on …
Book review New journalism was a style deemed unconventional in the 1970s. Unlike the common unbiased news reporting, new journalism incorporates the literary techniques in storytelling and fiction writings to narrate true stories and experiences. In Niroshima, a book about the authentic experiences and trauma Japanese residents experienced after the atomic bomb landed on …
Book review For me, this book was perfect and hit a perfect time. Much longer review later., but the writing was fluid and lovely. The themes and musings on our relationships to death hit on the same line as thoughts I have been having lately. I love medical history and medical nonfiction and memoirs, and …
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Book review HISTORY WONDERFUL HISTORY Charlotte Bill was a young woman who was chosen to be an under nurse for the two sons of the Duke and Duchess of York. The Duke and Duchess will eventually become King George V and Queen Mary. The two sons are David who became Edward VIII and Bertie who …
Book review In the autobiographical novel, To Sir, with Love, by E. R. Braithwaite, Mr. Braithwaite talked about his experiences working at an East London high school. He wanted to find a job once he got back from his trip in the United States. He did not have a job at the time, so he …
Book review Tricky to review such a famous book, one I’ve been avoiding for years due to my issues with the violence. I really liked it (the book, that is), and it has kept my head buzzing with questions all this week. Burgess describes a world in which violence is structural and endemic: Alex and …
Book review Rereading with bookgroup Jan 2017. Man this book is long. I FINISHED! It’s my experience that finishing this book the FIRST time is not all that difficult. The first time I read it, back in my early 20s when I was first falling in love with Victorian classics, was not extremely challenging. I …
Book review Julius Lester did an extraordinary job of documenting the lives of slaves in To be a Slave. Lester’s purpose of creating this book was to inform the people of the United States of what it was like to live through slavery as a slave. Most people who were not slaves had a twisted …
Book review Girl in Blue 06/21 Sarah is 16 young girl living in the civil war era 1860 Michigan. She hunted for her family and was a good shot with her father’s Winchester she named fanny. Sarah’s abusive father attempted to arrange her marriage to a man she described as a bear to help on …