I am sure it has already been stated on this website that I believe Roald Dahl to be one of the best, and probably one of my favorite, children’s author. One of my few memories of third grade is sitting in my cold (from the crazy AC) and hard chair, leaning my head on […]
This classic novel received the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, which is what primarialy attracted me to this work. It certainly wasn’t the cover art, which (on my copy) has a photo of Michelle Pfeiffer with a ridiculous look on her face from the motion picture based on this book. As I read it, I […]
I decided to read this Newbery award winning novel, which was first published in 1962, because my children read it in school. I knew it to be a classic children’s story and wanted to be able to discuss it’s content and find out what was taught regarding it.
Though it was written in a time […]
Mansfield Park falls right in the middle of the six novels written by Austen. It has the same feel and style of her other stories and is just as well written. Fanny Price, the heroine, is all good. She is very unlike Elizabeth Bennett from P & P, less educated and less […]
Since I am far from being a great literary critic, I will give my general opinion of this classic. I completely expected Wuthering Heights to be a endearing romantic love story; however, I would rather call it a hate-story. It was extremely dark and difficult to finish reading; yet I am glad I […]
Sense and Sensibility written by Jane Austen 1811
Reviewed by Linda Padgett
Sense and Sensibility is my second Austen novel I’ve read and I love it as much as Pride and Prejudice. I remember seeing the Hollywood version of this story years ago and enjoyed it. I was surprised at how closely the […]
Pride and Prejudice Author: Jane Austen 1813
Reviewed by: Linda Padgett
What can be said about this classic piece of literature that has not already been said? I read this most famous work of Jane Austen simply because I loved the movie. Let me make it clear that the older BBS mini-series […]
Reviewed by Linda Padgett
Kristin Lavransdatter Written by Sigrid Undset, Translated by Tina Nunnally
Originally Published in Norwegian 1920, 1921, 1922
This 1,100 page book is actually the compilation of Sigrid Unset’s trilogy which includes these three books: The Wreath, The Wife, and The Cross. The author received the Nobel Prize in Literature […]
This book is haunting, a little disturbing, and absolutely thought provoking. Wiesel invites the reader to follow the final hours of two men’s lives, one the executioner and the other the victim. The internal dialogue the main character Elisha has as he comes to grip with the reality of how everything about himself, […]
This of course is a classic work by Hess, who won the Nobel Prize in 1946 for Magister Ludi. The book Siddhartha was an easy read, very enjoyable, and genuine. You can see yourself in the struggle of Siddhartha. Even though I hold to different beliefs and ways than the main character in Hess’ book, […]