Monthly Archives: November 2009
Anne McCaffrey / Richard Woods – Diversity of Dragons
Author: Anne McCaffrey & Richard Woods Genre: Fantasy When I first started reading this book, I truly thought that it was a work of non-fiction. Anne McCaffrey tells the story of the result of a phonecall she receives one day at her home. A... more
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Tagged Anne McCaffrey, Dragons, Folklore, Illustrations, Mythology, Richard Woods
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Geoffrey Chaucer – Wife of Bath
Genre: Comedy / Loathly Lady Motif Plot Outline: This is a story narrated by one of the Pilgrims from Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales’. The story itself comes after a long prologue by the narrator, in which she describes her various husbands and... more
Review Writing Part 2 – Do it with style!
We all remember book reports from school. Most of us remember the 6 questions we were taught to use to write these reports – who, what, when, where, how and why. And most of us hurried through these boring and sometimes painful reports just to... more
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Tagged Book reports, Boudica, Features, Review Writing, Style
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Charlotte Bronte – Jane Eyre
Genre: Bildungsroman Plot Outline: The orphan Jane Eyre has none to call family except the cold Reeds, her cousins and her mothers' sister-in-law. Later, she fares no better at the charity school of Lowood. After eight years at the institution, six... more
Anne McCaffrey – Crystal Singer
Genre: Sci-Fi Plot Outline: Music student Killashandra Ree had been told that she could never play an operatic lead. In protest, she walked away from ten gruelling years of tuition...straight into the Hepitite guild of Ballybran, the home of... more
Stephen King – The Shining
It's Shining in the Dark. Most of the time it's easy not to read a book because of the genre or its writer, and in many ways this is the cancer of literary world. It's the point where we divide the camp of literature into good and bad or classic... more
Moore & Gibbons – Watchmen
Having viewed the recent 2009 film, I find it necessary to review the original graphic novel, written by Alan Moore with art work by Dave Gibbons. The critically lauded novel follows a group of mostly retired superheroes circa 1985 whose lives are... more
New Releases – November 2009
Summer time has officially gone, the days are darker, and winter is soon to be on us. Even more reason to stay inside and read, rather than go outside and freeze. Some great books are coming to the shelf this November, including some fantastic crime... more
Geoffrey Chaucer – A Knight’s Tale
Genre: Epic / Romance Plot Outline: Two Knights, Arcite and Palamon, are captured by Duke Theseus of Athens. Whilst in prison, Palamon looks out of the window to see Emily in the garden below him and falls instantly in love. His moan of love is... more
Anne McCaffrey – Restoree
Genre: Science Fiction Basic Plot: Sara is walking home through Central park one evening when the stench of dead sea creatures hits her and she falls into an unconscious nightmare of phantom limbs and horrific pain. When she awakes, she finds that... more
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