For May, I read a book recommended by a bookseller, Hemlock Grove. It was recommended to me by a bookstore clerk in Seattle when he saw how many thriller books I was buying. It ventures into different myth and what exists right in front of us. It is fiction, but the author incorporates many realistic aspects….
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For my April reading, I read a book that I owned but had never read. “Sketches of Life and Character” was published in 1853, and consists of several real stories that the author found amusing. I bought this in an old bookstore in Seattle, but had never got around to reading it. I enjoyed the…
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For March, I read a book I have read before, “Flowers for Algernon”. This book felt like a roller coaster the first time I read it, and I expected it to be easier this time around. It wasn’t. Flowers for Algernon evokes very strong emotions, especially towards the end. You see the main character Charlie…
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For February I read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, a book I have been meaning to read. It is the story about a young boy Pip and follows him as he grows and becomes a better person. He starts the story with good luck and great expectations, both of which he loses, but he gains…
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