• Uncle Tom’s Cabin

    Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a strong story, but it was too long and filled with tortuous soliloquies that could’ve been cut in half. I cared a lot more…

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  • Moby Dick Book Review

    Moby Dick would be truly great—in my humble opinion—if an editor could divide the book into Moby Dick and Addendum Encyclopedic Account of Whaling in the Mid-Nineteenth Century.…

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  • The Scarlet Letter Book Review

    The Scarlet Letter was originally published in 1850, but it reads much older, perhaps intentionally, as a historical fiction set in the mid 17th century. As such, it…

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  • The Last of the Mohicans Book Review

    I rate The Last of the Mohicans 8/10 The first half was sufferably long-winded and dull, but by the second-half, the wordiness seemed quaint and charming, and I…

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  • A few failures

    One week in, and I’ve already failed. I’m only halfway through The Last of the Mohicans; review forthcoming.  Instead, let me write about a couple of bad interviews. …

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  • Best to start somewhere

    An Introduction Ahoy! (because this is my first blog, and I don’t know how to begin) Speaking of not knowing how to start, this blog is but an…

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