The Sun Also Rises

For a short book, I think The Sun Also Rises was a pretty solid read. Admittedly, I do not think I had read this with any comprehensive value, but took it at the face. I did not dive into it, looking for meaning and anything beyond the actual words themselves. The story itself is simple; […]

A Clockwork Orange

I remember watching the movie first with an ex boyfriend; it was also one of my first movies on Netflix and vintage British movie. For me, I am at a point in my life where some things I get and understand with maturity immediately, the whole “finding the deep meaning” sort of thing, and then there […]

Every Man Dies Alone

Every Man Dies Alone is one of the best books I have ever read in life, ever. I had heard a few months after reading that Hollywood will be turning this into a movie and I swear, if they goof it I will be super salty. This is a nice blend of non-fiction and fiction, […]

Monster

Because of Halloween, I figured I would read something scary. I really do not regret reading this. I have read Frank Peretti books throughout my life, and he never failed to present a good example of Christian authors who write appropriate books for youth as well as having something entertaining with more serious and adult […]

The Gambler

I literally just finished The Gambler, and there is a satisfaction of growth in literature; I feel like I have been making great progress in comprehension and a tiptoe’s pace of deeper thinking. Plus, Dostoevsky mentions Madame Blanche being dressed “to the nines”, which is a phrase that I would use sometimes. It is so […]

The Baron and the Missing Old Masters

The Old Masters is the latest book my husband and I have read together. Lately we have tended to go for shorter books because we do not get to read together too often, but we still want to accomplish something. From my husband’s point of view, he thought it was maybe too short of a […]

The Law of Dreams

I had just finished The Law of Dreams a couple of days ago, and I will say that it got real very fast. We go with Fergus, who lived on the mountain belonging to a farmer in the mid-1800s who just goes through the following one-two years going from place to place trying to find […]

The Third Millennium

I cannot remember off the top of the head if I have kept this one because I wanted my husband to check it out. It is Christian fiction, so if you wanted to skip reading this, there is no offense. I do remember reading this book though, and I thought it was a very interesting […]

Psalm at Journey’s End

I just finished this today, and I swear this would be a Top Tier book if that one thing would have been different, not that I am splitting hairs. The story follows the musicians that were on board the Titanic and continued playing until the very end. Hansen does a wonderful job of bringing backstories […]

Atonement

I remember watching the movie before reading the book and loved how well it was done. It was an excellent story with such a great cast of characters and visual appeal. The book carried to the movie well so it was easy to truly visualize locations and the colors of it all. So when I […]