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Yeah but who wrote the book if….

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allen Poe

May 1, 2017 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

So a few events converged in the last few days that led me to listen to the audiobook of this singular novel by Poe. For one, I decided to use an audible credit for a complete collection of Poe that had been recently recorded by contemporary readers. Many of the previous Poe audio collections are either really short, really old, really bad, or some combination. This one had some familiar voices and a recent production. So good. It seemed to indicate that it was only stories and poems, and didn’t have much in the way of a guide, but whatever. […]

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5/1/2017 vel veeter's CBR9 Review No:188 |
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| Tags: edgar allen poe, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym | Category: Fiction | 0 Comments

IDK my BFF Jane?

Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters by Mallory Ortberg

January 19, 2016 by expandingbookshelf 10 Comments

I went back and forth about reviewing this book. Considering I spend most of my times reviewing nonfiction tomes, it felt weird to review such a short, fun bookette. But Texts From Jane Eyre has become one of my go-to recommendations. It’s an inside joke to all of my fellow book nerds, that yeah, Scarlett O’Hara would totally have texted that annoying crap. The premise is simple enough-what if classic characters from fiction were able to text? Although it seems like a one-note joke, I never got tired of it. Mallory Ortberg imagines texts from Jane to Mr. Rochester, Lizzie […]

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1/19/2016 expandingbookshelf's CBR8 Review No:12 |
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| Tags: babysitters club, classic literature, classics, Daniel Mallory Ortberg, edgar allen poe, humor, Mallory Ortberg, Texts from Jane Eyre | Category: Fiction | 10 Comments


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