★★★ An outline of Vinegar Girl from Goodreads: Kate Battista feels stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and uppity, pretty younger sister Bunny? Plus, she’s always in trouble at work – her pre-school charges adore her, but their parents don’t always appreciate her unusual opinions and… Continue reading Anne Tyler – Vinegar Girl
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August 2021 – Sir William Golding
Sir William Golding was born in Newquay, Cornwall on September 19 1911. His father was a science master at Marlborough Grammar School and his mother was a suffragette. He was 81 years old when he died on June 19 1993 (The Famous People). William Golding He was a British novelist, playwright, and poet and his debut… Continue reading August 2021 – Sir William Golding
July 2021 – Lewis Carroll
Early Life of the Author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson - We know him by his pen name, Lewis Carroll. He was an author of children's literature and poetry as well as a mathematician, inventor and photographer. Born into a conservative Anglican family. A great deal of the male ancestors in the family became clergy of the… Continue reading July 2021 – Lewis Carroll
June 2021 – Harper Lee
This post features the incredible Harper Lee 🎇. She may have only authored two books but her writing has left such a significant mark that her first book, To Kill A Mockingbird, is a classic that MUST be read...or it can be watched as well because a movie was made in 1962. Early Life Nelle… Continue reading June 2021 – Harper Lee
George Orwell – Animal Farm
★★★★★ I discovered that most people read Animal Farm already because it was part of the prescribed reading in school. I never read Animal Farm in high school though. We did Lord of the Flies by William Golding instead (another brilliant allegory). So I decided to fill in the gap for myself. I can't go… Continue reading George Orwell – Animal Farm
Agatha Christie – Death on the Nile
"The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful, a girl who had everything - until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalls an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: 'I'd like to put my dear… Continue reading Agatha Christie – Death on the Nile
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley – Frankenstein
"Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a grotesque but sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment." "Since the publication of the novel, the name "Frankenstein" has often been used to refer to the monster itself. In the novel, Frankenstein's creation is identified… Continue reading Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley – Frankenstein
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