book reviews
Reviews of books by relationship gurus, dating experts, and cautionary tale-tellers.
Book Review: Man Down by James Goodhand
Will Parks is being followed. Someone is watching him, feeding him glimpses of the future - steering him down paths he would never have dared to take alone. But these supernatural tip-offs are doing more for Will than just boosting his popularity, or keeping him out of trouble in the dead-end town he calls home. They have a purpose. Because a tragedy is coming. One that only Will can prevent. But only if he is ready to step up. Only if he's prepared to become the man he's meant to be.
By Marie Sinadjan4 years ago in Humans
What Would Uncle Walt Think?
“You’d be lost without your computers,” were the words that came from my 80-year-old father’s mouth yesterday as I told him I was trying to write more. In a world governed by technology that demands to be advanced, there’s no way to avoid computers and other gadgets. The stimuli of my dad’s days have become more than normal thanks to progress—they’ve become supernormal.
By Joshua Reed4 years ago in Humans
Bluest Eye
Claudia and Frieda learn that Pecola's dad had a pregnant daughter, and besides the general populace, both want to get the baby should survive. They give up their savings for a motorcycle to cultivate marigold flowers. They assume that because the blooms survive, Pecola's kid would as well. The flower heads struggle to blossom, and Pecola's baby dies responsible for the rapid birth. Cholly was killed in such a labor camp after rapping Pecola twice and fleeing. Pecola goes insane, certain that the long-cherished dreams came true and that she somehow possesses the most beautiful eyes.
By Nawal Imran4 years ago in Humans
The bluest eyes
Toni Morrison is a Black African writer who was born in 1931. She noticed the problems of the black community in America and showed them to the world by incorporating them into the stories. She used to write folks and short shorties in her childhood. The Nobel prize was given to her for her excellent literature performance in 1993. The author should Choose Bluest Eye because it is difficult literature to critique. That book's contentious character, which engages in discrimination, child rape, and sexual misconduct, renders it among the most contested works in American libraries. The Bluest Eye is an intriguing narrative about a ten African American girl that despises herself because of her dark complexion. She wants to pray for white skin and blue eyes since they will give her more attractiveness and help her to see the world from a different perspective light. She also hopes that society would win her back. The narrative is set near Oberlin, Oh, in the ensuing years of the Economic Crisis, against the landscape of America's Midwest.
By Nawal Imran4 years ago in Humans
I’m Not an Impaired Extrovert, I’m an Introvert. Top Story - May 2022.
I have just finished reading a book that resonated so very deeply, I feel totally validated and it explains to me characteristics of myself that I haven’t accepted at all. And tells me why I tend to reject these characteristics.
By Kate Strong4 years ago in Humans
The Muse, The Last Stop and The Slow Road to Deadhorse - books worth reading
As a book reviewer and avid reader, I am fortunate enough to be given access to books for free as long as I write a frank and honest assessment of the book in return. This is no hardship as I have written book reviews for a long time, after having discovered that I was losing track of what I was reading and was, occasionally, picking up the same book to read again without realising that I had discovered and enjoyed it already until some pages in. This log has morphed into something that means my words are published far and wide with the added bonus of reading material to which I would not be exposed as well as indulging in a passion whilst spending no money to do it.
By Rachel Deeming4 years ago in Humans
Book Review: "Rhyming Life and Death" by Amos Oz
Now, if you do not already know, I have been reading Amos Oz books for a while and I just want to start by saying how amazing they all are. Amos Oz's writing style has always been a great mixture between the mundane and descriptive, blended with the extreme emotions that we encounter in our everyday lives. I love it when Amos Oz chooses to write about topics that are more naturalistic, such as the writing he did in Scenes from Village Life - which is probably my favourite book by him. In his book Rhyming Life and Death Amos Oz attempts a little bit of poetry as well as his prose, and gives us something brilliant. He gives us one night in Tel Aviv, in the 1980s.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Humans
Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen Book Review
I recently finished Jonathan Franzen's sixth novel, Crossroads, and I'm pleased to report that it's a brilliant plot with plenty of heart and ideas. I'm also impressed by Franzen's careful interweaving of story and theme. The author's professional distinction is in the meticulous interweaving of story and theme, and his prose can be a real turn-off to some readers. Nonetheless, if you're a fan of Franzen's work, you're likely to enjoy it more than hate it.
By Henry L. Mosley4 years ago in Humans
Why You Should Start A Blog
It has been a few months since writing anything for my blog. But everyday that I haven't written anything, I've been thinking about it. Thinking about ideas and schedules, all the fun little details (or at least I find them fun). And I've been meaning to get back to writing, I mean I have about seven different articles started in my drafts, all at varying lengths of started-ness, but it wasn't until today that I've purposefully sat down and started to write something, and that is all thanks to a book I read for my book club.
By The Austen Shelf4 years ago in Humans
