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100 young men begin a walk that will not end until there is only one survivor, who will win everything he wants for the rest of his life.
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I’ve read The Long Walk a bunch of times. It’s one of the best of the books Stephen King wrote under the name of Richard Bachman, a [...]
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Tags: American Literature
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One man’s harrowing journey up the Congo in search of enlightenment.
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Blogging really wasn’t invented for talking about a book like Heart of Darkness. I am utterly incapable of coming up with anything approaching an instant reaction to this book. I need to sit with it for a long time, then read it again, [...]
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Tags: British Literature
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After learning of the death of her abusive ex-boyfriend, a woman returns to the home by the lake she once loved to build a new life and exorcise old ghosts.
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I am a very big fan of T. Greenwood’s second novel, Nearer than the Sky, and I have no excuse for why it took me so [...]
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I’m very excited to report that Andras Visky’s one-woman play Juliet is now available for purchase. I had the tremendous pleasure of seeing this play earlier this spring, and was blown away by it.
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Tags: Eastern European Literature
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An English society family is thrown into turmoil when one of their own marries a shifty Italian, and they’ll do anything to see that their child is raised properly–that is, in England.
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EM Forster has been my latest classic discovery. I’d never read anything of his before last year, and I’m completely in love. [...]
Popularity: 22% [?]
Tags: British Literature
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A long ago summer idyll at a manor-turned-commune ended in tragedy, and the recent discovery of the bones of a woman and a baby threaten the secrets carefully guarded by the young man who inherited the home.
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It may be a lesser Barbara Vine, but A Fatal Inversion is still an above average read.
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Tags: British Literature
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When Frances’s birth mother contacts her asking to “finish it,” Frances must come to terms with the terrible crime that caused their separation, and learn how to forge her own path in life.
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I devoured Breathe My Name, which will be published in early November 2007 by Razorbill. Not only is it an outstanding coming-of-age [...]
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Tags: American Literature
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The fates of two young men collide on a bridge when a group of terrorists take over a schoolbus filled with children.
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Tags: On Reading
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By refusing to sell chocolates in the annual school sale, one high school freshman learns whether or not his universe can bear to be shaken.
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The Chocolate War is the first of my books for the Banned Books Challenge, hosted by The Pelham Library. I have read Cormier’s books a number of times since first [...]
Popularity: 20% [?]
Tags: American Literature
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A jungle adventure turns into a nightmare when six tourists find themselves trapped in a clearing, unable to leave without being shot by Mayans, and finding a gory secret that brings new definition to the word flesh-eating.
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I had to finish The Ruins during the day time, because I really did not want to face the [...]
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Tags: American Literature
