J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Arthur Levine Books (2017) It has been a while and ultimately I had not been motivated to write about this “book”, while an addition to the Harry Potter Wizarding World it is not a hugely satisfying addition. That said, it does expandContinue reading “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
Category Archives: Book Reports
Reflections on 2020
At the start of 2020 I made a resolution to attempt to read a book every week. I will not say I succeeded but through adapting and making this blog as a form of accountability I achieved my greater goal of reading more. I had to adapt ‘book’ to mean story and either the postsContinue reading “Reflections on 2020”
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, 1843 Given the festive time it felt right to finish off a year of writing a little report/review every week on one of Charles Dickens’ most well known stories. A Christmas Carol is widely known and has a variety of adaptations, the story itself is riddled with meaning and offersContinue reading “A Christmas Carol”
The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle, Scribner, (2005) This is a great memoir that has its inevitable depressing moments as well as corresponding inspiration and uplift. I found it wonderfully paced and the number of sections throughout the story meant I was consistently drawn back to find out what happened next. As much as it isContinue reading “The Glass Castle”
Why You Act the Way You Do
Tim LaHaye, Why You Act the Way You Do (1987) I can not quite remember where I found this book, I may have found it in a Goodwill and bought it for the title without the understanding of both LaHaye’s background and the subtext to the work. The subject itself is certainly interesting and theContinue reading “Why You Act the Way You Do”
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, (1886) Reading The Death of Ivan Ilyich for class meant it was inevitably selected to fit in a wider discussion. This follows The Gift, The Gilead and Master and Man. As another Tolstoy work it fits in with the messaging of Master and Man and is certainly anotherContinue reading “The Death of Ivan Ilyich”
Rip Van Winkle
Washington Irving, Rip Van Winkle, 1819 With Thanksgiving and a generally busy time this shorter story was slotted in to my list with a class reading of Tolstoy’s Death of Ivan Ilyic for next week. This is a classic short story that I learnt and read growing up so it was nice to revisit it.Continue reading “Rip Van Winkle”
The Gift
Lewis Hyde, The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property (1983) – Updated in 2007 as The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World Lewis Hyde’s The Gift has gone through a couple of subtitle changes but remains a foundational text in understanding the etymology of gifts and generosity. Each chapter addressesContinue reading “The Gift”
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, (2007) A story that follows the lives of Mariam and Laila as they respective narratives gradually intertwine, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at times crushingly sad but in others hopeful and inspiring. The book starts out following Mariam as she deals with an absentee father and a harsh, strictContinue reading “A Thousand Splendid Suns”
A Perfect Day for Bananafish
J.D Salinger, A Perfect Day for Bananafish, (1948) I am currently reading A Thousand Splendid Suns and I did not have enough time to read the whole book. In interest of continuing a book/short story per week, I read A Perfect Day for Bananafish a couple of weeks ago as it is short but renownedContinue reading “A Perfect Day for Bananafish”
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