Banned Books, Part Two

September 23-29 is Banned Books Week, a week that promotes the freedom to read. Every day this week, I’ll be sharing three banned books that you should add to your TBR lists. Part One       1984 by George Orwell George Orwell's classic dystopian novel has been banned and challenged all over the U.S. for…

10 Picks from the Great American Read

PBS is hosting a new series centered around the 100 most-loved American novels, The Great American Read. The first episode is already available, and it's running through October 23rd. The list is full of different genres, and everyone will be able to find some books on here that they'll love. Here are my top 10 picks…

Book Review: The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway

He looked across the sea and knew how alone he was now. But he could see the prisms in the deep dark water and the line stretching ahead and the strange undulation of the calm. The clouds were building up now for the trade wind and he looked ahead and saw a flight of wild…

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway – Book Review

Ernest Hemingway's last novel published before his death, "The Old Man and the Sea" is a short, simple book with a lot of meaning. It won the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature.