Category Archives: John Williams

Final thoughts on John Williams’ Augustus (by Jill)

Remember how on Tuesday I said that we never get to have Augustus’ voice tell us anything in the novel? Well, guess what Part III of the book is? That’s right, it’s Augustus Caesar’s final letter, written to his friend … Continue reading

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This is supposed to be a progress report on John Williams’ Augustus, but I have a feeling it’s going to turn into me feeling sorry for myself because I’m far away from home and getting a cold. (by Jill)

  Here’s the deal. I have about fifty pages to go in Augustus, and I really, really want to finish it before I write a post about it, but I need to talk about something tonight. I’ve been whining in … Continue reading

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Happy Monday (on a Saturday)!

Days of the week have very little meaning to us weekend workers.  While most of you were doing Saturday things today, I was dealing with all of this stuff.  This is actually not so bad, now that I look at … Continue reading

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Final thoughts on John Williams’ Stoner (by Jill)

I think Stoner is my favorite book of 2015 so far. Yes, I know I’ve only finished three books so far and am about a third of the way through my fourth. But one of my favorite books of 2014 … Continue reading

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A tale of two books: Progress Report on John Williams’ Stoner and Veronica Roth’s Divergent (by Jill)

I bet everyone has heard of at least one of these books, and I bet it isn’t the one by the guy with the same name as the guy who composed all the music for all the Star Wars movies. … Continue reading

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