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Book Review: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I sat down to read this science fiction classic by H. G. Wells. I wasn’t a huge fan of The Invisible Man and I feared I wouldn’t like this novel either. My main … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Review, Classics, English Authors, H. G. Wells, Science Fiction, The Time Machine
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A Clockwork Orange–the book
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess is a dystopian novel published in 1962. Burgess set the novel in the future, but not all that far into the future. He claims that he wrote the novel in three weeks. Wow, three … Continue reading
The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells
Within the past four years I’ve found out that I love science fiction. It all started when I watched the TV series Battlestar Galactica (the most recent one). The Better Half’s boss was a huge fan and gave us the first season … Continue reading
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Before getting to the review I want to say thanks to everyone who dropped in last week to wish me well. I’m still pretty exhausted but unfortunately I’m well enough to get back to work. George Orwell’s 1949 dystopian science-fiction novel, Nineteen … Continue reading
Charles Dickens — Check!
I did it! I set out to read ten novels my Dickens in 2012. By the end of the year I had finished nine of them. Last week I finished the tenth. As you can see from the photo, there … Continue reading
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
In the ninth grade I had a horrible English teacher. His idea of teaching involved sitting at a table in the front of the room and reading to his students. No discussions. No analysis. Day after day I took my … Continue reading
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Tagged 50 Year Project, Blog, Blogging, Books, Charles Dickens, England, English Authors, English Novels, English Writers, Great Expectations, Miss Havisham, Pip, Victorian Age, Victorian Writers
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
I have a confession. Until very recently, I had never read a book by Agatha Christie. I don’t know why. I never seemed to get around to her. After reading The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, I’m kicking myself for not … Continue reading
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