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March 23, 2014

Retrospect #11-12 (Double Edition): March 23rd

March 23, 2014

Last weekend was so packed for me, I couldn’t make the time to put together my weekly Retrospect post. But I’m back and rolling this week!

· Categories: Retrospect

March 22, 2014

RED by Alison Cherry

March 22, 2014

Taken at face value, I’d have rated this book 3 out of 5 stars instead of 4. The prose is alright. It conveys the story well but doesn’t bring a lot of depth to the characters. I did however find the premise brilliant and ludicrous at the same time. Such blatant discrimination fuelled by appearances…

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· Categories: Fiction Keywords: american authors, art, blackmail, culture, dating, debut authors, discrimination, friendship, high school, pageants, single parenthood

March 20, 2014

Dust Jackets, Begone!

March 20, 2014

I hate dust jackets. There, I said it. Take a look at my bookshelf, and you’ll notice that I exclusively own paperbacks when it comes to my English fiction books.

· Categories: Thoughts & Confab

March 19, 2014

MORE THAN THIS by Patrick Ness

March 19, 2014

Book cover of MORE THAN THIS by Patrick NessWhen I was done reading, I felt gobsmacked. More Than This is utterly confusing. Not because it lacks clarity of thought or writing. No. Rather, because existentialist questions somehow can never be answered to the full satisfaction of anyone. Every answer inevitably leads to new questions.

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: american authors, brothers, cheating, death, diversity, domestic violence, existentialism, family problems, friendship, futuristic, hope, lgbtq characters, life, loneliness, multiculturalism, murder, post-apocalyptic, siblinghood, suicide, survival, violence

March 13, 2014

Open Endings Mirror Life

March 13, 2014

Books without resolution seem to drive many readers up the wall. What happens in the end? is not a question many desire to ask after they have read the concluding sentence.

· Categories: Thoughts & Confab

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