Literature
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Norwegian playwright and poet Henrik Ibsen (1828 – 1906) is one of the greatest names in world literature. He is considered the father of modern drama, his contribution to world drama is immense. Henrik Ibsen wrote 26 plays and published one poetry collection. Some of his works include plays like The Pillars of Society (1877),…
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After my latest trip to the local book store, I went home to order some more books online. 3 books are part of a series I already have at home while the other 2 are not. I did order one other thing besides what is on this list but that was something I ordered for…
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I went to my local book store today after running some errands this morning and I found a few more books as usual. I also bought a bookmark in addition to the following books. They’re all part of a series (books are listed in order)…..they look really interesting. I found them completely by accident while…
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I finally finished reading this one and thought I’d share. This isn’t the first book I’ve read by this author…….I liked the first book I read from this author and that’s what made me give this one a go. While the book was good, I didn’t feel it was as good as the other book…
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I went to my local book store again. It’s been awful cold here where I live and it’s warm at the book store. Yes, I know it’s warm at my house as well but reading is an activity that I can do inside my house. I have to go to the book store to rescue…
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Harry Potter has been a large part of my life since childhood. I used to read the books all the time, and some of my fondest memories are going to the midnight releases for the movies with my mom (and with my friends for the last movies). As I’ve gotten older, Harry Potter is still…
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I finished reading this book this afternoon and thought I’d share. I read this book thinking this was going to be a scary read but it was more like a thriller/suspense novel (in my opinion). This wasn’t a bad, per say, but it was kind of a slow burn. I definitely wasn’t expecting that ending…
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Finally! Some news….. Jim Kay has been the illustrator that has been working on the illustrated editions of the Harry Potter books. After finishing the Order of the Phoenix, Jim Kay made the decisions to step down. Ever since then, I’ve been wondering who is going to be the illustrator for the final two books…
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