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Did Not Really Like the Title Character Until Almost the End

Emma by Jane Austen

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I always feel so guilty when I am just so-so about a classic. I really tried to like “Emma” but in the end I didn’t like the character or her father. I also laughed at her being called a matchmaker when she supposedly only got one person together (Mrs. Weston with Mr. Weston). I also didn’t like Frank Churchill and thought Mr. Knightley was too good to be true. The ending with the resolve about what to do in order for him to be with the woman he loved made me shake my head. The writing was fine, I just […]

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5/31/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:117 |

Could use more Emma Stone

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Despite having a degree in literature, I have never taken an American Lit class, so I am on a mission to educate myself.  The Scarlet Letter seemed like a good place to start as a) the stage version was coming to town and I’m a big fan of the ‘read the book first’ approach to adaptations; b) compared to some other ‘classic’ novels, The Scarlet Letter is relatively short; and c) I’m a big fan of Easy A (which I didn’t realize at the time was The Scarlet Letter, done up in Clueless-style). Sadly, my love of Easy A did […]

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4/24/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:15 |

#CannonBookClub Announcement

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The vote is closed and we have a winner – A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle will be the basis of our Classic and Retellings book clubs later this year! The voting was close for most of the week, and then there was a late surge – over 40 votes in the last 24 hours – and Sherlock pulled ahead. We’ll be having two discussions, one for A Study in Scarlet on August 16th and 17th and the second for the adaptation of your choosing on September 20th and 21st. Remember, you choose an update, or a graphic novel, or […]

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4/2/2019 |

“I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible”

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

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Reading Jane Austen feels like coming home. Every year I tell myself I’m going to reread more, but this year I decided to be more honest about that goal and acknowledge that what I really mean is I’m going to reread Austen. She’s just the literal best. Like actually. The best. Full stop. Every time I go back, I’m just like holy shit Jane, you’re a fucking genius. Northanger Abbey falls in the middle for me in terms of favorites. Probably 4th favorite? I haven’t reread Sense and Sensibility for a few years, so I can’t say for certain. In […]

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1/29/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:11 |

I have now conquered the complete Sherlock Holmes.

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #9) by Arthur Conan Doyle

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I’m glad he went for one more round. I liked all of these better than the ones in His Last Bow. Because I’m fast running out of review posting time, I’m copying and pasting all my mini-reviews for this book. I will hopefully put up a real review on Goodreads HERE within the next couple of days, and also a full review of The Complete Sherlock Holmes HERE. I’m not posting it on CBR because I’ve already counted all nine books to my tally this year. – – – December 18, 2018 – 88.0% ““The Adventure of the Illustrious Client” […]

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12/31/2018 's CBR10 Review No:172 |

Shocking that 19th century men didn’t like this novel!

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

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The Awakening is considered by many to be an American classic and a forerunner of modern feminist literature. Yet when it was published in 1899, it received more negative criticism than positive, leading author Kate Chopin to dedicate her talents to writing short stories exclusively for the remainder of her life. Given that most journalists and literary critics in the late 19th century were men, the chilly reception shouldn’t be surprising. The Awakening is about a married woman named Edna Pontellier who, while spending her summer on Grand Isle in Louisiana with her husband and two children, forms an attachment to a young […]

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12/28/2018 's CBR10 Review No:31 |

Well, that was a tad dismal

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

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CBR 10 Bingo: This Old Thing; published 1911 Ethan Frome has been on my reading list for years, ever since I was enchanted by Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence, for which Wharton won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. The Age of Innocence is a lovely tale of thwarted love and sadly not the book I’m reviewing today. Ethan Frome is also a tale of lovers separated by circumstances, yet not nearly as engaging as Wharton’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel. The story takes place in a New England town called Starkfield and no, you’re not imagining the symbolism. In […]

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11/29/2018 's CBR10 Review No:28 |

Maybe she does, maybe she doesn’t, but is that for us to decide?

The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes

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The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes is the original Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse by Marcy Campbell. Written over 60 years ago, The Hundred Dresses, addresses the theme of bullies and the fact that kids want to fit in and will tell a tall tale or two to try and do so. Both books deal with these and a few other issues. As in Adrian (who is poor, wants friends and tells a pretty tall-tale about having a horse) The Hundred Dresses sees a young girl who is shy, poor, wears one dress all the time and has […]

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11/26/2018 's CBR10 Review No:438 |


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