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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston – Book Review

I read Their Eyes Were Watching God over the course of like a month. That is not a very good reading speed. The book is only 200 pages or so and it moves a long at a very reasonable pace. The time it took was more of a function of me than of the book itself. However, after finishing it, I realized that I really enjoyed the world that Zora Neale Hurston created within those pages. That may have been one of the things that made me take my time. It’s fascinating because movies and music unfold in real time […]

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A Farewell to Arms – Book Report

  I finished A Farewell to Arms last week and I am finally getting around to sharing my thoughts on it. I know this article will rub people the wrong way because if you found it, I imagine you’re a fan of Hemingway. I had only read The Sun Also Rises previous to this, so my experience with him is limited. I definitely got The Old Man and the Sea assigned to me in high school, but I definitely didn’t read it. It is my understanding that this was Hemingway’s second novel and The Sun Also Rises was his first. […]

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