2018 Book Reviews, Book Reviews

Book Review: The Obsession

Author: Nora RobertsPage Number: 453 PagesGenre: ThrillerPublisher: BerkleyRating: 5/5 StarsBook Number of 2018: 59 of 60 Goodreads' Summary The riveting new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Liar. “She stood in the deep, dark woods, breath shallow and cold prickling over her skin despite the hot, heavy air. She took a step back, then two,… Continue reading Book Review: The Obsession

2018 Book Reviews, Book Reviews

Book Review: Fantastic Beats: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Author: J.K. RowlingPage Number: 304 PagesGenre: FantasyPublisher: Arthur A. Levine BookwRating: 5/5 StarsBook Number of 2018: 57 of 60 Goodreads' Summary J.K. Rowling’s five-film Fantastic Beasts adventure series continues with the original screenplay for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. At the end of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald was captured in New York with… Continue reading Book Review: Fantastic Beats: The Crimes of Grindelwald

2018 Book Reviews, Book Reviews

Book Review: The Handmaid’s Tale

Author: Margaret AtwoodPage Number: 311 PagesGenre: FictionPublisher: Anchor BooksRating: 4.5/5 StarsBook Number of 2018: 56 of 60 Goodreads' Summary Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer… Continue reading Book Review: The Handmaid’s Tale

2018 Book Reviews, Book Reviews

Book Review: Where the Crawdads Sing

Author: Delia OwensPage Number: 384 PagesGenre: FictionPublisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Rating: 4/5 StarsBook Number of 2018: 53 of 60 Goodreads' Summary For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh… Continue reading Book Review: Where the Crawdads Sing

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Book Review: Frankenstein

Author: Mary ShelleyPage Number: 166 PagesGenre: ClassicPublisher: Dover PublicationsRating: 4.5/5 StarsBook Number of 2018: 55 of 60 Goodreads' Summary Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only eighteen. At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of committed science student Victor Frankenstein. Obsessed with discovering the cause of generation and life and… Continue reading Book Review: Frankenstein

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Book Review: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

Author: Jenny HanPage Number: 362 PagesGenre: Young AdultPublisher: Simon Schuster Books for Young ReadersRating: 3/5 StarsBook Number of 2018: 54 of 60 Goodreads' Summary Lara Jeans love life gets complicated in this New York Times bestselling lovely, lighthearted romance SLJ from the New York Times bestselling author of The Summer I Turned Pretty series. What if all the crushes… Continue reading Book Review: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

2018 Book Reviews, Book Reviews

Book Review: A Doll’s House

Author: Henrik IbsenPage Number: 68 PagesGenre: PlayPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformRating: 3.5/5 StarsBook Number of 2018: 52 of 60 Goodreads' Summary A Doll's House is a three-act play in prose by Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month. The play is significant for its critical attitude toward… Continue reading Book Review: A Doll’s House

2018 Book Reviews, Book Reviews

Book Review: The Phantom Tollbooth

The Phantom Tollbooth Author: Norton JusterPage Number: 274 PagesGenre: FantasyPublisher: Random House Children's BooksRating: 4/5 StarsBook Number of 2018: 50 of 60 Goodreads' Summary Illustrated in black-and-white. We're celebrating the thirty-fifth anniversary (1996) of this modern kids' classic with a special hardcover edition! This ingenious fantasy centeres around Milo, a bored ten-year-old who comes home to find a large… Continue reading Book Review: The Phantom Tollbooth

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Book Review: A Streetcar Named Desire

Author: Tennessee WilliamsPage Number: 192 PagesGenre: PlayPublisher: New DirectionsRating: 4.5/5 StarsBook Number of 2018: 51 of 60 Goodreads' Summary The Pulitzer Prize and Drama Critics Circle Award winning play—reissued with an introduction by Arthur Miller (Death of a Salesman and The Crucible), and Williams’ essay “The World I Live In.” It is a very short list of 20th-century American plays that… Continue reading Book Review: A Streetcar Named Desire

2018 Book Reviews, Book Reviews

Book Review: Misery

Misery Author: Stephen KingPage Number: 351 PagesGenre: ThrillerPublisher: ScribnerRating: 5/5 StarsBook Number of 2018: 49 of 60 Goodreads' Summary The #1 national bestseller about a famous novelist held hostage by his “number one fan” and suffering a frightening case of writer’s block—that could prove fatal. One of “Stephen King’s best…genuinely scary” (USA TODAY). Paul Sheldon is a bestselling novelist… Continue reading Book Review: Misery