Monthly Archives: April 2011

Water for Elephants

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

This story begins in the mind of ninety (or ninety-three, he can’t remember which) year-old Jacob Jankowski. Not-quite-forgotten in a nursing home, he contents himself with harassing his nurses and complaining about the food. That is, until the circus comes to town. Continue reading →

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Lady Chatterley’s Lover

Posted on April 15, 2011 by

When Constance Reid marries Lord Clifford Chatterley, she has the somewhat dim view of sexual congress between men and women that the odd affair in college has afforded her. Continue reading →

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Atlas Shrugged

Posted on April 13, 2011 by

The book is based on the not-too-farfetched premise that all of the producers of the world – producers in the sense that these are the hardworking, brilliant, movers and shakers and people of ideas in the world – get fed up with carrying the metaphorical burden of society. “What if Atlas shrugged?” Continue reading →

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Posted on April 1, 2011 by

Angelou’s writing lends a poetry to her life that makes the terrible things somehow okay, and the good things even better. Caged Bird is stunning portrait of a young black girl’s place in not only the south, but the greater world beyond it, and is a VERY worthwhile read. Continue reading →

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