Category Archives: Classic

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens – a Book Review

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

Alas, for my shame. This is my choice for my Bad Reader category in 2024- the book I have seen an adaptation of but never picked up. I know, I know!!! How could I have gone through 40 years of … Continue reading →

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Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev – a Book Review

Posted on December 31, 2024 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

This one is a choice for my reading challenge that’s a new-to-me classic. Not only had I never picked up one of his books before, but I’d been saying his name wrong all these years. Thank you narrator David Horovitch … Continue reading →

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The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells – a Book Review

Posted on December 26, 2024 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday, whatever it may be that you celebrate. For my family, we celebrate Christmas and everyone had a wonderful and relaxing time opening presents and eating wonderful food. The last few days of the … Continue reading →

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James by Percival Everett – a Book Review

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

I hope you came here for unpopular opinions, because I’m about to throw one at you. I’m not a big Mark Twain fan. I know, I know, but hear me out… It’s not his ideas. I love the concept of … Continue reading →

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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath – a Very Different Kind of Book Review

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

Every now and then, there’s a story behind the story. Fiction is a veil cast over a haunting reality. Many authors’ own lives were as intriguing and sometimes heartbreaking as the tales they wove into the tapestry of literary canon. … Continue reading →

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The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie – a Book Review

Posted on June 22, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

To be honest, I don’t read a lot of murder mysteries. To date, this is only my 2nd Agatha Christie novel, and I chose this book because I chose Christie as my author for the reading challenge whose first published … Continue reading →

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Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut – A Book Review

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

I’ve always loved classics, but I gravitate more toward 19th century British lit, and authors like Vonnegut often have been relegated to the “I know I should read it and I’ll get to it eventually” pile. We all have one … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday – March 17, 2021 #bookishmemes #wwwwednesday

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

Welcome to a new week of WWW Wednesday. This is a meme now hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. In it, we answer three questions and leave a link in the comments sharing our own posts … Continue reading →

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