Category Archives: Book Reviews
The Hobbit Review
I very much enjoy the Lord of Rings movies, so much that their great lengths don’t scare me or impede my watching them. And when I learned the Hobbit was being made, I decided to take it to the next … Continue reading
Catching Fire and Mockingjay Review
I don’t have too much to say about the second and third installments (Catching Fire, Mockingjay, respectively) in the Hunger Games trilogy. The author is the same therefore the writing is the same. The story itself begins to really complicate … Continue reading
The Hunger Games Review
Pressured by the all-round praise for this book, I took it upon myself to read it to see what everyone was going on about, and it turns out I finished it (454 pg.) in half a day. So now, without … Continue reading
La Gloire de mon Père, Le Chateau de ma Mère Reviews
La Gloire de mon Père (My Father’s Glory), followed by Le Chateau de ma Mère (My Mother’s Castle), are autobiographical works written by Marcel Pagnol. They follow the events of his childhood, mostly concentrating on his time in a countryside … Continue reading
Cloud Atlas Review
Cloud Atlas is a peculiar novel written by David Mitchell. The novel doesn’t really have a classic beginning-middle-end story, but rather, several of these stories connected to create an abstract bigger picture. The different ‘chapters’ take place over various times … Continue reading
Oscar Wilde’s Works
Oscar Wilde was an Irish writer, most known for his novel Dorian Gray. However, he wrote much more than Dorian Gray, and not always in English. The Picture of Dorian Gray was his only novel, the rest of his works … Continue reading
Antoine de Saint Exupéry and Le Petit Prince
Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger de Saint Exupéry, pen name Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, was born on the 29th of June 1900, in Lyon, France. He was born into a family of provincial nobility, and his father died when he was four. … Continue reading
Molière’s Plays
Molière wrote over 36 plays, but to get the feel of them, I watched three: Le Malade Imaginaire, Tartuffe and Les Fourberies de Scapin. I noticed many things about his style, but first and foremost, they were hilarious! Even if … Continue reading
La Bête Humaine; Abrégé
Roubaud et sa femme, Séverine, restent dans un petit appartement que le père adoptif de Séverine, président Grandmorin, leur a prêté. Séverine étant partie faire du shopping, Roubaud l’attend impatiemment. Quand elle arrive enfin, ils cassent la croute tous les … Continue reading