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Monthly Archives: June 2012
A Review of Danielle Trussoni’s Angelology (by Bethany)
Here’s a test for our readers: How many of you remember the low-level media fracas that erupted about five or six years ago on the subject of evil albinos? What I remember of it (before I googled “evil albinos,” that … Continue reading
Thoughts on Georges Simenon’s The Rules of the Game (by Bethany)
Before I read this novel, I had heard of Georges Simenon here and there, mostly because recently some of his novels have been reissued by the New York Review of Books Classics series, which I love. I knew that he … Continue reading
A Review of Anne Rice’s The Wolf Gift (by Jill)
Anne Rice rises again! I freely admit that I love her. In fact, I spent a significant portion of my senior year of high school reading Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles rather than several of the books I was supposed to … Continue reading
AP English Challenge: Bethany’s Pre-Reading notes on Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure
In July, our selection for the AP English reading challenge is Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure. As always, please feel free to read along with us and join in the discussion in the comments section. Back in high school, even as … Continue reading
A Review of James Martin’s A Jesuit Off-Broadway (by Bethany)
So I’ve totally found my dream job. Get this: Spiritual Advisor to an off-Broadway show. Wouldn’t I be totally good at that? There’s no question that I have the skill set. I can rattle off all kinds of cool things … Continue reading
A Review of Diana Gabaldon’s Drums of Autumn (by Bethany)
Readers, I have a confession to make. I have been showing off for you. Over the past three years I have become a fairly eclectic reader. I used to read novels, plays, and short story collections only, with the occasional … Continue reading
The House of the Spirits Eighteen Years Later, Wrap Up (by Jill)
I don’t feel like it’s been nearly long enough since I graduated from high school for babies to become voting-age high school graduates, but I’m learning that time is a funny thing, and never seems to slow down. In fact, … Continue reading
The House of the Spirits, 18 Years Later (by Bethany)
So the moral of the story is that concentration camps are really great places, where lives regain their meaning and community flourishes. OK, just kidding, although the final chapter of this novel does feature what has got to be the … Continue reading
A Veterinary Question for My Co-Blogger (and Other Thoughts on Chapters 2-7 of The House of the Spirits) – by Bethany
As I keep reading (and I am, at a good clip, in spite of the fact that I’ve been engrossed in a couple of nonfiction books at the same time), I’m finding that Allende uses very different techniques to characterize … Continue reading
Postcards From Purgatory 