Tag Archives: Reading
1984 and Topics of Discussion
Dear reader, 1984 is absolutely fantastic. The novel is unlike any book I had to read for school before. I’m not hating on the other books I was forced to read, but 1984 is a book I would’ve read even if I wasn’t assigned to read it. It’s mysterious, clever, creative… The only other dystopian books […]
Of Big Brother and Quotes
Dear reader, I started reading 1984 by George Orwell recently, and I’m super stoked about it! I’ve heard great things about this particular novel. I’ve read Orwell’s Animal Farm, and I absolutely loved it. This famous quote from the book kept ringing in my ear throughout the novel: “All animals are equal, but some animals are […]
Heart of Darkness
Dear reader, I’ve started reading Heart of Darkness recently. It’s not on my reading list, but I’m required to read it for school. I really love the character names (even though there aren’t many actually named with actual names). Marlow. Kurtz. The title is fantastic too. I’ve heard the title in many movies and TV […]
Book List
Dear reader, What book should I read next? Please comment some suggests. I’d really appreciate them! I’m going to read Insurgent since I just read Divergent, but I’d like to have some books planned out once I finish the series. I like to pre-download them on my Kindle so that I have them ready to go. […]
Age Doesn’t Matter
What makes you different makes you dangerous. Dear reader, So I just finished reading Divergent. Normally it takes me weeks to finish a book (and probably months to finish this particular one since it’s pretty long) since I read bits and pieces of it at a time. However, that was not the case. I blasted […]
The Art of Reading and the Contrasting World
Dear reader, A few months ago, I wrote a blog post about how I wanted to read more. Two days ago, I finished John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars (TFiOS). It was a fantastic read, and ever since then, I’ve found myself wanting to read more and more. I’ve downloaded a ton of books that friends and […]
The Big Bang Frankenstein
Dear reader, I was watching The Big Bang Theory (my favorite TV show) when I recognized the poem that Sheldon references (The Hollow Men by T.S. Eliot): “To paraphrase T.S. Eliot, ‘This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang, but with nephew.’” (The actual verse is “This is the way the world ends / […]
Shakespeare: To read or not to read?
Dear reader, Shakespeare has “shaken” my “sphere” (Earth, because it’s a sphere, and Earth = world). (Bad pun.) I used to hate reading Shakespeare because I found it to be so confusing. For instance… But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. This is an excerpt […]
My Name is Elise 