Etiqueta: Books recommended by Masticadores
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The Red Badge of Courage / Stephen Crane by Robbie Cheadle
Background The Red Badge of Courage is a novel about the American Civil War, written by American author, Stephen Crane. Although the author was born after the war and had not ever participated in a battle when he wrote the book, The Red Badge of Courage is cited for its realism and naturalism.…
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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford and the forced interment of the Japanese Americans during WW2 by Robbie Cheadle
An overview of the book Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet is a historical novel written by Jamie Ford. The plot makes use of a dual timeline: one featuring Henry as a 12-year-old Chinese boy growing up during World War II and the other depicting Henry 44 years…
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Thoughts about All Quiet on the Western Front / Erich Maria Remarque By Robbie Cheadle
Overview This book is a first-hand account of the life of Paul Bäumer, who belongs to a squad of German soldiers on the Western Front during World War I. Paul and his classmates enlisted in the army at the end of their high school career as a result of the…
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Review: Blog Served Cold: BOOK #1 of the REVENGE SERIES / Terry Tyler (@TerryTyler4) by Olga Nuñez
Hi, all: I bring you a book by a favourite author of mine, and of many of you as well. She is also a fabulous reviewer, so I recommend reading her books and following her blog as well. But, before I get on with the review of her newest book,…
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Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain by Robbie Cheadle
A fellow blogger introduced me to Vera Brittain, a feminist, writer, and poet, who lived through WW1 and lost her fiancé, brother, and two close friends. My own great aunt never married after losing her fiancé during WW1, so Vera’s feelings of loss and displacement after the war gave me a…
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The Green Mile by Stephen King by Robbie Cheadle
What Amazon says At Cold Mountain Penitentiary, along the lonely stretch of cells known as the Green Mile, killers such as «Billy the Kid» Wharton and the possessed Eduard Delacroix await death strapped in «Old Sparky». Guards as decent as Paul Edgecombe and as sadistic as Percy Wetmore watch over…
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Halloween: Dracula by Bram Stoker by Robbie Cheadle
What Amazon says The vampire count of Transylvania seeks his lost love and the conquest of Britain by plague. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.» My review I listened to the audio book of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. It is one of the most amazing books I have ever read. I don’t…
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Books Review: The Very Last Production of King Lear: A Dwayne Finnegan Novel (The Dwayne Finnegan Series 3) by Richard Engling
By Olga Nuñez Miret Hi all: I bring you one of the books I’ve read and reviewed for Rosie’s Book Review Team. It is the third in a series I discovered through the group, and I eagerly look forward to. The Very Last Production of King Lear: A Dwayne Finnegan…
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Halloween month… Book review: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier by Robbie Cheadle
Introduction to Rebecca Rebecca is the story of a lonely and unnamed orphan (the narrator) who is the paid companion to a wealthy American women, Mrs Van Hopper (Mrs VH), at the beginning of the story. Mrs VH is rather nosy and interfering, she continuously embarrasses her English companion with…
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Halloween month… Book Review: Carmilla / J. Sheridan Le Fanu By Robbie Cheadle
Overview Carmilla is set in Austria during the late 1800s and is the original vampire story. Le Fanu’s writing is steeped in sexual tension and gothic romance as Carmilla, a female vampire who is later revealed to be Mircalla, Countess Karnstein, is a lesbian vampire and is romantically interested in…
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Book Synopsis: WHEN I’M DEAD AND FEELING BLUE poetry from Jeffrey Zable
When I’m Dead and Feeling Blue—the selected poetry of Jeffrey Zable—represents over forty years of his writing. The 61 poems in the book reflect a range of emotions and the poet’s will to move on, as we try to make some sense of it all. Most of the poems have…
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Review: Speak Flowers and Fans: A Dictionary of Floriography and Fanology (Author Tool Chest) / Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene by Olga Nuñez Miret
Hi, all: I bring you a non-fiction book by one of my favourite authors (and people). Speak Flowers and Fans: A Dictionary of Floriography and Fanology (Author Tool Chest) by Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene How could flowers or hand-held fans be used as a means of covert communications? It sounds odd,…
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens: The mystery of two endings —03 by Robbie Cheadle
Did you know that Charles Dickens re-wrote the ending of Great Expectations? He made this change after he’d submitted the final chapters to the printers in June 1861. He was apparently persuaded to make the change by a close friend who felt he should end the book in a way…
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Review: The Stranger in My House / Judith Barrow by Olga Nuñez Miret
Hi, all: I bring you the review of a book by an author who is very well-known and respected, and whom I had the pleasure of meeting in person at a book fair many years ago. I’ve been meaning to read one of her novels for ages, and finally, this…
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens: book overview part 2 by Robbie Cheadle
I recently re-read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, a book I read and loved as a pre-teen. This is part 2 of my overview of this famous novel. We left Pip in London, living between the homes of his tutor, Matthew Pocket, and Matthew’s son, Herbert Pocket, who is initially…
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Review: An Unhappy Country: A Novel of Old New Mexico / Loretta Miles Tollefson By Olga Nuñez Miret
Hi, all: I bring you a book by an author who has become a favourite of mine, and I have been following her work since I met her through Rosie’s Book Review Team. Another winner! An Unhappy Country. A Novel of Old New Mexico by Loretta Miles Tollefson August 1846.…
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