Roots by Alex Haley #BookReview

Roots is author Alex Haley’s six-generational family saga.

Re-reading Austen’s Persuasion

Persuasion has all things typical of an Austen novel; long walks in the countryside, carriage rides and conversations as also balls and dancing. These are the reasons why I keep going back to Austen.

Seven easy tips to help you read a classic novel

Have you started reading a classic and given up midway? Do you find them cumbersome and long winded? Well, here’s help.

The Other Bennet Sister By Janice Hadlow #BookTalk #BookReview

Have you read Pride and Prejudice?  In all likelihood you have. And if you haven’t it’s probably because Austen doesn’t work for you. Don’t judge me if I judge you just a little bit here and wonder: Who ARE you? Coming back to the book I really want to talk about: The Other Bennet Sister …

How not to be a good father – Lessons from Mr Bennet

I always thought of Mrs Bennet as a terrible parent in Pride and  Prejudice. But as I am re-reading bits of it I am coming to realise Mr Bennet was by far the worse of the two.

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall #Booktalk #Bookreview

I picked up The Tenant of Wildfell Hall because I’d long wanted to explore the works of Anne Bronte — the third Bronte Sister. She wrote just two books and this one was highly acclaimed. The other one is Agnes Grey and I still have to get to it. Wildfell Hall is a deserted dilapidated …

Dracula #BookTalk #Review

Book: DraculaAuthor: Bram Stoker I have a dread of horror and I consciously stay away from it. But then Dracula got chosen as the book of the month by a (fabulous, classic-reading) book club I’m part of. And I decided perhaps it was time to give it a go. I really am a fan of …

The Bluest Eye #BookReview

Book: The Bluest EyeAuthor: Toni Morrison 11-year-old Pecola Breedlove believes she’s ugly. And nothing can change that. Nothing at all. Unless … unless she could trade in her eyes for beautiful blue ones. Now if she had those blue eyes, things would be different; because then, everyone would love her. The boys at school would …