Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Top Ten Tuesday: (First Ten) Books I Reviewed

These were written between 2014 and 2016 (on Goodreads). I think these are my first ten reviews but I may have missed a few. I was not writing reviews for most books I read back then.


Spindle's End -- one of my favorite fantasy novels, 5 stars!



JRR Tolkien: Author of the Century  (I have yet to read The Road to Middle-Earth,  and I think I will want to revisit this book after I read that one, but I'm not sure when.) 5 stars!


Freedom & Necessity   -- historical fiction, set in 1849 during the Chartist movement in England; one of my favorite books. 5 stars!


The Just City -- Philosophical fantasy (or maybe sf?). 4 stars! I really liked this.


Hamlet -- I gave this 5 stars, but my favorite Shakespeare tragedy is probably still King Lear.


 Bellefleur -- 3 stars; I had mixed feelings about this one.








6 comments:

  1. Well, I've not read Notes, yet, but I sure did love A Room of One's Own.

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    1. You have read Invisible Man, right? I am pretty sure _Notes_ was an influence on Ellison, so I think you would find it interesting.

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  2. Very cool. What made you decide to start writing reviews for the books you read?

    My TTT.

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    1. I was already on Goodreads, and as I found more friends on GR (who were writing reviews) I was inspired to start writing reviews!

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  3. Oh my goodness, I love Robin McKinley's books and I've never heard of that one. I'm so glad you've introduced it to me!

    Great review of Hamlet! I must say that I prefer Hamlet to King Lear, although Lear is awesome. It might be because I dug into Hamlet more than Lear.

    I'll have to re-visit your Nietschze review when I read those two books .... so in-depth and very helpful.

    Funny, we have some loose "in-commons" on our lists. Great minds, huh? ;-)

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  4. Spindle's End is great! The first book I read by her & still my favorite. Deerskin is also really good, but it is *grim,* unlike her other books, so it is not for everyone.

    I read Nietzsche in a class that paired him with Dostoevsky (_Notes From the Underground_) which was a really interesting combination. I think the two I read are probably less cryptic than _Ecce Homo_ (I'm guessing, as I haven't read that one).

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