October Reading: “Dracula” by Bram Stoker

My book and the first American copy published in 1899 that I would literally kill to have. Today is the last review for October and my thirtieth post in a row. I decided to conclude the month by reviewing a classic work of literary art, Dracula by Bram Stoker. This book was written in 1897 …

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October Reading: Edgar Allan Poe

One of my all time favorite writers is Edgar Allan Poe. His stories and poems are beautiful and many of them just as tragic as his life was. I found his completed works for a steal of a price at Books a Million. I'm no where near close to finishing this hulking book but I do …

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Book Review of “Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass” by Lewis Carroll

What better way to start the spring season than with one of the trippiest stories ever written? I'm ashamed to say that until now I had never read "Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass" by Lewis Carroll. Alice in Wonderland, the children's movie, was and is one of my all time favorite movies and I …

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Book Review of “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne

I know some of you may be curious as to why anyone would read The Scarlet Letter  by Nathaniel Hawthorne for fun. This book is typically one you're forced to read for your high school English class and  you end up looking up the SparkNotes for it because you can't get through it. I, however, am …

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