Lost in the wilderness, literally and figuratively….
Tag: Literary Fiction
Just…. incredible!
A case of mistaken identity gone hilariously awry… just go with it and enjoy the ride!
She was too short for me, and it is undeniable that when Dorothy and I hugged, all the wrong parts of us met.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin My rating: 4 of 5 stars Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow was, in essence, “Art Imitating (Gaming) Life.” I began to suspect early on that the author was creating an artificial world in this story that mimicked Sadie and Sam’s respective “realities.” For me, each of the […]
Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler My rating: 4 of 5 stars Micah Mortimer is set in his ways. His siblings and extended family tease him good-naturedly about his unvarying routine. Much like Macon in The Accidental Tourist, Micah is over-compensating for his messy (but loving) upbringing. He needed order in […]
The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler My rating: 4 of 5 stars I love Anne Tyler! Tyler’s imagination and observational skills are astounding. This novel mirrors life lately for so many of us. The prevailing “wait and see” mentality is a bit unsettling. But hark! Tempus fugit: tik tok, tik tok…! Macon tries to rigidly […]
3.5 out of 5 stars. It’s a beautiful albeit slow journey to the self.
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy (Goodreads Synopsis Link) My rating: 5 of 5 stars They say all good tropes have a literary ancestry. I recall reading this quintessential “innocent country girl falls for philandering bad boy” story/trope years ago. Bathsheba Everdene was a (nowadays “badass”) country girl who inherited her late uncle’s […]
A feast for the heart and the eyes! I was entranced by both the novel and the 1985 film adaptation.
Crossing the Pond Reviews 