Monthly Archives: May 2011

REVIEW: The Great Gatsby, BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

I couldn’t forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confused. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy — they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it …

May 16, 2011 – 2:59 pm | By Bethann | Posted in MUSINGS, QUOTES, READ IN 2011, REVIEWS | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

REVIEW: ROOM, BY EMMA DONOGHUE

Everyone else who has read Emma Donoghue’s newest novel, Room seems to love it – including the judges for the Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize (for best Canadian novel), and the Commonwealth Fiction Prize (Canada & Carribbean Region), all of which she won won handily. Perhaps …

May 15, 2011 – 9:37 pm | By Bethann | Posted in READ IN 2011, REVIEWS | Tagged , , , | Comments (2)