Robin starts – after the “previously on Robin” bit at the beginning – right where Coombe left off, with the joyous happiness of Robin and Donal’s reunion. Good news: They still love each other. I wasn’t surprised by that, but I have to confess I was a little unsettled by the scene directly following it, [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Robin, Frances Hodgson Burnett
Posted in 3 Stars, Heard about from a person, tagged disturbing Freudian relationships, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Robin, spiritualism, World Wars on April 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The Head of the House of Coombe, Frances Hodgson Burnett
Posted in 4 Stars, Heard about from a person, tagged rubbish protagonists, Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Head of the House of Coombe on April 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Seriously, how can it be that I have never before known about this book? This is exactly my kind of book, and I am in total love with its amazing greatness, and I am way, way psyched about reading the thrilling continuation of the story in its sequel, Robin.
Basically there is little angelic Robin and [...]
Night Watch, Sarah Waters
Posted in 4 Stars, Heard about from the internets, tagged glbt, historical fiction, Night Watch, sarah waters, World Wars on April 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Recommended by: A Life in Books, sort of, in that she said she loved anything by Sarah Waters and I randomly grabbed Night Watch when I went to the library.
I don’t know if it’s just because I love Britain in World War II or what, but I really, really loved Night Watch. It was swell. [...]
Jenna Starborn, Sharon Shinn
Posted in 1 Star, Heard about from elsewhere, tagged cyborgs, jane eyre, Jenna Starborn, retellings, Sharon Shinn on April 14, 2008 | 8 Comments »
So I read this for my Victorians class, basically because I want to write a paper on it for my final project – that research proposal is due in on Thursday and I’ve given it shockingly little thought in comparison to my usual intensive research schedules with these term paper things – anyway, I’m reading [...]
The Year of Living Biblically, A.J. Jacobs
Posted in 2 Stars, Heard about from the internets, tagged a.j. jacobs, cognitive behavioral therapy, kristin chenoweth, memoirs, neurosis, the year of living biblically on April 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recommended by: A Life in Books
So basically I finished this book late last night and I was dead tired; but I still managed to have many thoughts about it after I had dropped it onto my flip chair and turned off the light, and they all sort of centered around the thought that this man [...]
