Title: Where Water Comes Together with Other Water: Poems
Author: Raymond Carver
Genre: Poetry
Publisher: Vintage Books
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Source: Print copy from the public library.
First line: Where this floated up from, or why, I don’t know.
Mini-review: Poetry centered on people and their stories – some I loved, some were just okay. Will post a favorite soon.
Title: Z for Zachariah
Author: Robert C. O’Brien
Genre: YA dystopian fiction
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Source: Print copy from the public library.
First line: I am afraid.
Mini-review: Excellent YA dystopian novel about a teenage girl who believes she is the only human left alive after a nuclear apocalypse. She finds out she isn’t. Is that a good thing, or not?
Title: Ethan Frome
Author: Edith Wharton
Genre: Classic American fiction
Publisher: Penguin Classics and others
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Source: I read this online via DailyLit.
First line: I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.
Mini-review: Another beautifully written, but heart-breaking, love story from a master of classic American literature.
Twitter: lakesidemusing
says:
Ethan Frome is very different from the other Whartons I’ve read, but still wonderful.
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Twitter: booksandmovies
says:
JoAnn – it was very different – and it took a while to get used to that, but I ended up liking it very much, in spite of how tragic it is.
Twitter: bookjourney
says:
Ethan Frome looks interesting.
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Twitter: booksandmovies
says:
Sheila – not a cheerful read, but still great.
Twitter: youvegottaread
says:
Hmmm…Z is for Zachariah has the potential to be pretty scarey.
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Twitter: booksandmovies
says:
Sandy – not really scary, but definitely menacing in parts. Very well done.
Twitter: robnmccormack
says:
I have to get Z is for Zachariah – it sounds possible scary, spooky good. Thanks!
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Twitter: booksandmovies
says:
Robin – it was very good!
I remember my sister struggling through Ethan Frome when she was in high school, so I’ve avoided it like the plague. You’ve just made me re-think my reasoning.
.-= Kathy´s last blog ..Wondrous Words Wednesday =-.
Twitter: booksandmovies
says:
Kathy – I don’t think I would have liked it in high school, either – but I think you would like it.
I’m guessing find other humans isn’t a good thing? But at least she’s not lonely and bored.
.-= heidenkind´s last blog ..My Year in Reading =-.
Twitter: booksandmovies
says:
Tasha – not, definitely not bored!
I have a copy of Ethan Frome around here somewhere. I am so glad to hear you enjoyed it, Carrie.
.-= Literary Feline´s last blog ..Review: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens =-.
Twitter: booksandmovies
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Wendy – it’s very different than Age of Innocence or House of Mirth, but I still thought it was excellent.
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