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A great piece of literature does not try to coerce you to believe it or to agree with it. A great piece of literature simply is. (Madeleine L’Engle, A Circle of Quiet, page 201)
The strongest, most authentic motive for deep reading … is the search for a difficult pleasure. (Harold Bloom, How to Read and Why, page 29)
About me: I am originally from Chicago, and I have lived or studied in Utah; Seattle; Bolivia; Jerusalem; and Melbourne, Australia. I’m a stay-at-home mom with a infant. I like to read fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books, mostly long-lasting classics but also some newly published works. I also like to dabble in photography and I love to write. My highest priorities are my family and my religion. Here is my main webpage for more about me.
About Rebecca Reads: This blog is a collection of my thoughts about books and reading, and reviews of books I’ve read. I try to read things that teach me something or get me thinking, including fiction, nonfiction, and children’s literature. I’m excited to introduce my son to good literature!
About my reading: I don’t like to “rate” books because I cannot assign values to books: most books are both good and bad. As Madeleine L’Engle said, a great work of literature shouldn’t have to convince me that it is good. If I don’t like a book in the first 50 pages or so, I probably won’t finish it. I am not in a hurry to finish my books, and I’m often reading a few at a time. I believe books are to be enjoyed!
Some books that I enjoy most include Beloved by Toni Morrison, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, and Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne. I’ve read each of those multiple times and continue to enjoy them.
About you: I’d love to hear your thoughts about reading, books, and what you enjoy. Please join the conversation! If you have reviewed a book I’ve discussed, feel free to link to your review in the comments. I’d love to visit your blog.
About my Amazon store: When I review a book, I link the cover to my Amazon Store; I am an Associate for Amazon. This is mainly so I can include book covers on my website. As an Amazon Associate, I earn 6% on purchases via links from my site.
Anything posted before May 1, 2008 was previously posted on my personal websites or shared elsewhere.
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Authors, publishers, and publicists: Please note that I am not at this time interested in marketing your book, whether that be through reviews, author interviews, or marketing of any kind.
Rebecca Reid, rebecca [at] rebeccareid [dot] com
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Rebecca,
I was just wondering if you had read the Anne of Green Gables series? I know it’s kind of random, but I have been listening to them at work through NetLibrary Audiobooks and I wondered if you had read them and what your thoughts are one them…
AK, loved them when I was a kid! Seriously, one of my favorites. I reread them the year before my son was born and I thought Anne to be entirely too dramatic. My favorite as an adult was Rilla of Ingleside. I think it is a great story of a bildungroman, and it is essentially the only contemporary stories of a young girl in Canada during WWI. Very well done!
anyone who quotes BOTH Madeleine L’Engle and Harold Bloom has my readership! I don’t think I would have survived my teenage years without Madeleine L’Engle. And I’ve given so many copies of her Glimpses of Grace as gifts that people come to expect it now! It’s so awesome you included both of them!!!
Thanks Stacy!