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Friday Book Review: How to Read Literature Like a Professor

December 13, 2013 by Leanne Sowul 1 Comment

I’ve had How To Read Literature Like A Professor on my Kindle wish list for a long time: So it was a nice surprise to find I could borrow it for free from my library’s e-book system. (Does your library have one? Check it out!) I have to confess that I have not finished this book […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: anne of green gables, bible, books, fairy tales, literature, novel, parallels, play, plot, reading, shakespeare, story, writing

Vacation Book List

June 29, 2012 by Leanne Sowul Leave a Comment

I realized today that I haven’t officially recognized the start of summer vacation on the blog yet. Hooray! Usually, summer for me means travel time. Sometimes it’s a few short trips, sometimes it’s something bigger (like the cruise in Alaska last summer). Additionally, for the past 7 years, the end of August has always meant […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: beach, chick lit, cruise, elin hilderbrand, fiction, history, jane green, jen lancaster, kristin hannah, literature, mary kay andrews, novel, reading list, sociology, sophie kinsella, thriller, travel, vacation

The Handmaid’s Tale

June 14, 2012 by Leanne Sowul Leave a Comment

Even though I re-read The Handmaid’s Tale last week, I’ve been procrastinating on this post because I love and admire the book so much, and I’m afraid I won’t do it justice. But I suppose that’s precisely why I need to write about it. I read The Handmaid’s Tale in high school, expecting a dull story […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: bible, classic, freedom, futuristic, handmaids, literature, margaret atwood, novel, oligarchy, pregnancy, society

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