Classics, Nonfiction, and Children's Literature
I wrote the other day how I visited the library and got a number of novels. Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Handmaiden’s Tale by Margaret Atwood The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood Possession by A.S. Byatt Atonement by Ian McEwan I am very interested in reading all of them. I’ve only
I knew that Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert was about an adulterous woman. But for some reason, I assumed that the title character was a despicable, ugly, tricky middle-aged woman. “Madame” makes one sound old. Besides, when I was young, my mother had a copy of Madame Bovary; it must have been an old copy
I’m new to blogging giveaways. I have some books that I was going to mooch via Bookmooch but I then I thought I’d give them away on Rebecca Reads! (Bookmooch doesn’t seem to have any of the books I want anyway.) However, when I mentioned this to my husband, he thought that was a strange
It’s not Maupassant’s fault, but I have a grudge against him already: his book stinks. The librarian had to retrieve it from The Stacks. The first thing I noticed as she returned was its size. At more than 1300 pages, it thudded on the counter. Then, as she swiped my library card and pushed the
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