I have an amazing confession…up to this point I have never read A Christmas Carol…ever. I have seen countless productions of this book in the form of movies, television specials, and plays but I have never read the book.
A Christmas Carol is a fairly easy read. Aside from the writing style that those [...]
Richard Paul Evans begins his book, The Christmas Box, with this claim:
“…I find that with each passing Christmas the story of the Christmas Box is told less and needed more.”
I found this statement funny given that the book was only written in 1993 and I had never heard of it until now. I would [...]
Well, I read The Christmas Carol and I have to say that it was completely different then the traditional movie that I watch every year. The book went into more depth and just made me want to smack Scrooge even harder before he decided to crack open his heart with a crowbar. To [...]
*I will be posting the discussion questions later today but right now I’m about to be late for work, so here are my reviews.*
The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
The first time this book striked out was when I realized that the main character was named Richard Paul Evans. I am of the opinion that [...]
This is a long delayed post which I am going to blame on Nanowrimo. I actually finished the book late on October 31 and then fell asleep immediately in anticipation of writing an impressive amount of words the next day, so I’ve been putting off writing my thoughts on Stardust for quite some time. Why [...]
Stardust by Neil Gaiman, in my opinion, should be classified as a beginers fantasy or a young adult’s fantasy read. It did not dwell very deep into the Fey realm nor in any type of fantasy terms. I am not a hardcore fantasy reader, but this book reminded me of a teenagers book or someone [...]
“Stardust” is an easy fantasy read. It begins with Dunstan Thorn, who is granted his Heart’s Desire at the beginning of the story, but the main character is really his son, Tristan. The story takes place the village of Wall, which borders on the land of Faerie. Once every nine years, [...]
I read this book originally way back in eighth grade. The most I got from it then was “burning books is bad”. I’m not saying that’s bad, it’s just a limited view of what this book is really trying to tell us. Yes, burning books is bad, but there is more…so much [...]
This book is set in a future where the past isn’t real; the inhabitants of this book were taught that firemen always started fires, that entertainment comes from watching television and bullying – even murdering people. There is no speed limit, only a speed minimum, and one gets arrested and spends two days in jail [...]
Well, I was leary when I started reading Fahrenheit 451. My father informed me that it was a classic in his opinion, but I was still wary of it. It wasn’t in my normal realm of reading style. But I had promised Michelle, that I would give all the books a chance. [...]
