… When I write reviews of the books I read, I always try to keep two goals in mind. My first goal, since this is a small blog without many readers, is to create a record of what I thought the book was about, along with my own personal reactions to it. I want to [...]
All posts tagged classics
Memorable Quotes: The Moon and Sixpence
Posted by Kathleen on March 12, 2012
http://diaryofafuturegoldengirl.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/memorable-quotes-the-moon-and-sixpence/
The Catcher in the Rye
… I first read The Catcher in the Rye when I was 15 and difficult to impress. Although I liked the novel to some extent, it always ranked, for me, as one of those classics whose popularity—and status—was confounding. Especially when I began to hold it up against comparable books like The Bell Jar (one of my personal [...]
Posted by Kathleen on September 5, 2011
http://diaryofafuturegoldengirl.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/the-catcher-in-the-rye/
The Bell Jar
… I’ve read The Bell Jar three times now, which is a fact I tend not to share with future employers, concerned family members, or the people installing my new oven. It’s the kind of book I enjoyed when I was 16, yes, but it’s also the kind of book that I can revisit at 24 and [...]
Posted by Kathleen on August 20, 2011
http://diaryofafuturegoldengirl.wordpress.com/2011/08/20/the-bell-jar/
Wide Sargasso Sea
“None of you understand about us,” I thought. When I first read Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys, I approached it as a continuation of Jane Eyre. That is to say, my high school English class introduced it as another entry into the world of that novel, and I went along for the ride. As I have previously [...]
Posted by Kathleen on May 26, 2011
http://diaryofafuturegoldengirl.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/wide-sargasso-sea/
The Big Sleep
Uh-huh. I’m a very smart guy. I haven’t a feeling or a scruple in the world. All I have the itch for is money. I am so money greedy that for twenty-five bucks a day and expenses, mostly gasoline and whiskey, I do my thinking myself, what there is of it; I risk my whole [...]
Posted by Kathleen on March 22, 2011
http://diaryofafuturegoldengirl.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/the-big-sleep/
