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Year: 2014

The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling

by athena // 18 November, 2014 // 2 Comments
The reception to this book was mixed and not that positive to be honest. I tried going into it unbiased. There are a lot of things about this book that I didn’t like, but strangely, I think it grew on... Continue reading →

Little House series round-up post

by athena // 13 November, 2014 // 4 Comments
I am counting this as one Classics Club entry because technically I’ve reread most of the books except two. The Little House in the Big Woods Farmer Boy Little House on the Prairie On the Banks of Plum Creek By... Continue reading →

The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder

by athena // 12 November, 2014 // No Comments
When I first read the reviews of this book earlier in the year, I didn’t think I would read the “final” Little House books. I don’t think I read this book when I was a kid or a teenager. Like... Continue reading →

Remembrance Day

by athena // 11 November, 2014 // No Comments
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We... Continue reading →

Ten Years in the Tub by Nick Hornby

by athena // 8 November, 2014 // No Comments
Nick Hornby’s collected articles for “The Believer” magazine. This book is a bit of a cheat because I didn’t read the whole thing. I’ve already read the previous three compilations and reviewed them on this blog. There are a few... Continue reading →

Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China by Ezra F. Vogel

by athena // 4 November, 2014 // No Comments
I started this biography and Chinese history book in May when I was actually in China. I had already read eleven books, but they were all fiction. I thought it would be fitting for me to read a nonfiction book... Continue reading →

Longbourn by Jo Baker

by athena // 29 October, 2014 // 4 Comments
This novel is the retelling of Pride and Prejudice from the servants’ point of view or rather focuses on the lives of the servants. I picked this book up spontaneously from the library’s Express Books as I often do. Looking... Continue reading →

These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder

by athena // 20 October, 2014 // 2 Comments
Going into this reread of the series, I always remembered this book the most. It was the image of Laura and Almanzao driving back in the cold winter. Of all the books. this is my favourite in terms of being... Continue reading →

Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

by athena // 17 October, 2014 // No Comments
In this book, Laura takes on her first job, Mary goes to college, Laura is walked home by Almanzo Wilder, and she becomes a teacher. There was one whole chapter on American patriotism which is something I can’t particularly relate... Continue reading →

Sunday Salon: Transitions

by athena // 5 October, 2014 // 4 Comments
Hello! It has been awhile since I wrote a Sunday Salon post. I have dropped off a bit with my Little House series readalong and fell behind actually. I may try to catch up this week. Over the past couple... Continue reading →

The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder

by athena // 14 September, 2014 // 2 Comments
As the title says, this book was just about one long winter. It is the most boring of the books so far. It’s just blizzard after blizzard and the belated Christmas scene at the end did save it for me.... Continue reading →

By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder

by athena // 7 September, 2014 // No Comments
Two years pass between this book and the last one. Almost immediately we are told that Mary has become blind and Ma had has another baby so now there are four girls. They experience their first train ride, hotel experience,... Continue reading →

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