The Seagull by Anton Korenev My rating: 4 of 5 stars Thank you NetGalley and Anton Korenev Entertainment for providing me with an ARC of The Seagull in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Gist It has been so long since I last read a play. Now that I’m thinking about it, it must be at least ten years. Probably even longer, since I finished my minor in Drama before 2010. Time certainly flies. Before I started reading The Seagull, I was sure I had heard of the title before. Unfortunately, I just never had the opportunity to read it. I had a difficult time…
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The Woman Before Wallis
The Woman Before Wallis: A Novel of Windsors, Vanderbilts, and Royal Scandal by Bryn Turnbull My rating: 3 of 5 stars Thank you to the publisher, MIRA Books, for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Gist Give me stories about the nobility. Give me stories set in London, the countryside or with a Mediterranean flair. Give me complex characters that try to make their way through life without losing hope. Give me all that and I am yours as a loyal reader. I thought this book would totally be my cup of tea. I imagined myself…
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Sister Dear
Sister Dear by Hannah Mary McKinnon My rating: 3 of 5 stars Thank you to the publisher, MIRA, for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. I kept putting off writing this review for as long as I could and now, I’m in a real time crunch. I’m tired, uninspired and a headache is starting to form right behind my eyes and I just want to curl up on the couch and watch cartoons. Yup, it’s one of those days. I kept procrastinating on this review, because I don’t know what to say about it. I don’t know…
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Medea
Medea by Euripides My rating: 4 of 5 stars Part of BBC’s “The 100 stories that shaped the world” list, I thought it would be fun to keep track of all the works I have read that are listed.I have been feeling kind of down and blue since finishing my term paper (go figure) and thought a Greek tragedy would afford me some perspective. It didn’t fail. It has been a while since I last read a play, let alone a Greek play, but I am still surprised how much I enjoyed it; I even smiled a few times. Euripides’ writing and the dialogue he creates for Medea with respect…