All Quiet on the Western Front: A Review
I hardly watch an adaptation first before reading the novel. Oftentimes, it’s either the other way round, or if I really enjoy the novel, I never bother to see the adaptation. I had seen the film adaption of All Quiet On The Western Front one cold night in early...
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Paul WHO? – An Incomplete Overview of the Works of Paul AusterThe consumption of literature has been said to be dwindling for the last several decades now. That’s the only reason I can think of when it comes to the widespread ignorance regarding one of the 20th (and 21st)...
Read moreThe Perfect Books for Dad on Father’s Day
Our elusive Dads– we know them, we love them, we have no clue what they want.Sure, they have their hobbies . . . but when was the last time they didn’t have a list – be it mental or written down somewhere – of very specific pieces missing from...
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5 Books with a True Detective: Night Country Vibe
True Detective Season 1 is considered to be one of the greatest television shows of all time. While the next two seasons failed to deliver on the high expectations of fans set by Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, season 4 looked poised to possibly take a swing at the...
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Into That Darkness Review
Ellie Wiesel, Viktor Frankl, Primo Levi. These names are synonymous with Holocaust Memoirs.. The “Heroes” who experienced the horrors of history’s most evil men and lived to tell the tale. There are many others. Holocaust memoir is a genre unto itself. A genre, rightfully dominated by Holocaust survivors. But...
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It Takes Two to Tango: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Picking a random book up off of the shelf and buying it without knowing anything about it or its author is a huge risk. This risk is not necessarily a financial one. Most of us have been more cavalier in spending $20. In fact, with inflation that’s about the...
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2023 Year in Review
In the order in which I read them:100 years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia MarquezBetween Two Fires by Christopher BuelhmanThe Pale Blue Eye by Louis BayardHow to Hide an Empire by Daniel ImmerwharThe Pearl by John SteinbeckBabel by RF KuangProject Hail Mary by Andy WeirMy Body by Emily RatajkowskiInherent...
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