Notes on Books & Life
The Burial at Thebes is Seamus Heaney’s version of Sophocles’ play Antigone. I read it for my December World Party Reading Challenge book, for which the country was Greece. About the Book: Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, finds out that both of her brothers are dead, having fought on opposing sides of a battle. The one …
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The Classics Reclamation Project is my personal challenge to read and enjoy the classics. Each Wednesday, I post about the classic I’m reading at the moment. When I wrote about Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland a few weeks ago, I mentioned that the whole story felt familiar and that I was looking forward to trying Through …
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I read Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel for an online discussion group last fall but never posted my thoughts here. It’s not a book I would have picked up myself, and while I didn’t hate it, I didn’t love it either. The book was translated into English by Carol Christensen and Thomas Christensen. …
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I’ve seen Juliet, Naked making the rounds on a few book blogs lately, so I thought I’d give it a try. I borrowed a copy of the audiobook from my local library. About the Book: Annie and Duncan have been together for years. Duncan is an avid fan of Tucker Crowe, an American musician who …
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The Classics Reclamation Project is my personal challenge to read and enjoy the classics. Each Wednesday, I post about the classic I’m reading at the moment. I’ve seen numerous adaptations of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. I began my acquaintance with the story in middle school, when I participated in a musical stage adaptation; …
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