Utopia is one of those books that, like so many other classics, I have meant to read for years. Actually and legitimately, because I started my political science major in 2009 and am now technically a political scientist. So in… Read More ›
Classic Literature
The Nutcracker, Alexandre Dumas
Would you look at this, three reviews within about a fortnight! Ok, the first thing you really need to know about The Nutcracker is that is was a total cover buy. First of all, look at it. Tell me you… Read More ›
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
I originally picked up this book because it was part of the Penguin Classics miniseries called Legends from the Ancient North, curated because each of the five volumes contributed to J.R.R. Tolkien’s creation of Middle Earth. You may or may… Read More ›
Manga Classics: The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
Hello hello, lovely readers! So: manga. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect when I flipped to the first page (at the back!) of this book. While I’ve read comics and graphic novels, this was the first manga I have… Read More ›
Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Truman Capote
Now, this is another one of those books that I’ve heard about, people have told me to read it, “it’s an absolute classic!” and all that jazz. Naturally, contrary tart that I can be the more people told me to… Read More ›
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, J.R.R. Tolkien
Happy Middle earth March 2018, everyone!! Was there ever a character so beloved, yet mysterious, as the effervescently-odd Tom Bombadil? Admittedly, I didn’t have a damn clue what people were talking about years ago, when the die-hard literary Tolkien fans… Read More ›
The Little White Bird; Or, Adventures in Kensington Gardens, J.M. Barrie
Hello lovely readers! Now, for those of you who may not know (probably most of you, honestly), I absolutely adore the story of Peter Pan. I’ve loved it since I was a small child, and that love has only grown… Read More ›
The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
My dear readers, this is a book that has been a long time coming. A spectacularly long time. I am twenty five, and I feel like I have read this book fifteen years late. But now that I have, I… Read More ›
At The Earth’s Core, Edgar Rice Burroughs
Hello, lovely readers! Unbelievably, I am back already with another book review! On the one hand, I feel pretty good about the fact that I have both read and reviewed another book so quickly, but on the other hand I… Read More ›
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll
I’ll be honest with you. I originally bought this book because I really, really love the cover designs from the Word Cloud Classics editions of classic literature. I have a few of them now, and I just adored the bright,… Read More ›