Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman I almost quit this book in the first fifty pages because I found the main character so fussy and deeply unlikeable. She’s aggressively bright but socially awkward, reading like an autistic person. It seemed that she didn’t have any friends and didn’t want any friends and felt …
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Jul 22
Book Review: Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë I was supposed to have read this in high school, and I read just enough of it at the time to go “boooooarrrring!!” and fake my way through the rest of the semester. So now that I’m an adult and more tolerant of difficult literature, I decided to give it …
Feb 21
Book Review: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson Anglophiles will find this novel a delightful society romance with enough mystery and high stakes to draw in those who aren’t romance fans. The main plot involves Major Pettigrew and his courtship to the unlikely Mrs. Ali. This is charming in a tea-and-cottages sort of way, as it …