Let's be real for a minute
Should I start off by admitting that I cried when the book ended? Probably not, so we’ll leave that for a bit.
Forget I mentioned anything. *cough*
Continue reading “Book Nook: Anne of Green Gables – L.M. Montgomery”
I’d been meaning to read Pride and Prejudice ever since my sister gave me a copy of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, making sure I knew I wasn’t to read the zombie version before the original. It took me a few years, but I decided it was time to fill all the prerequisites for being able to finally read about some zombies.
Continue reading “Book Nook: Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen”
Before reading it, I didn’t exactly know what to expect from To Kill a Mockingbird.
My wife doesn’t like it. My mother-in-law doesn’t like it. Uncle Steve doesn’t like it. Frankly, I’m not sure if anybody on my wife’s side of the family likes it.
But I knew it was a book that has been – at least in the past – assigned to students in middle school and high school as an essential read. I also knew that it had won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and that it is considered to be an incredibly influential book.
Continue reading “Book Nook: To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee”
A few of my favorite books have come from recommendations I’ve received from my mom’s sisters.
They love reaching out to one another when a book chosen for book club ends up being an enjoyable read, and they’ll each go out and either buy a copy or check one out from the library. Slowly the recommendation will trickle down the ranks, and, pretty soon, a large portion of the extended family will read the same book.
Continue reading “Book Nook: The Boys in the Boat – Daniel James Brown”
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