#book review in english literature

[hillyreviews]

Northern Lights Book: A Brilliant Story of Magic and Courage @ Hilly Reviews

The current fantasy genre has been greatly influenced by Northern Lights. Readers readable books of all ages can be affected by fantasy with deeper philosophical issues, as Pullman has demonstrated. The tale has been brought to new audiences by its cinematic adaptations, including the 2007 film The Golden Compass and the most current BBC/HBO production, His Dark Materials.

[ancientsstudies]

I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.

ig credit: vintagesoul_reads.

[0thello]

The Birth of Venus (painting), 1863.

by Alexander Cabanel.

[rainreads]

[bookboundnewsletter]

What book would you defend like this:

[nejjcollectsbooks]

My Annotations of ‘The Oxford Book of Ireland’ by Patricia Craig.

Exceeded all expectations. I love, love, love it. The pieces of literature that Patricia has picked to discuss the theme of each chapter have given me more perspective on the Irish experience than any history or non-fiction book ever could have. Poems, diary and journal entries, excerpts from novels and letters, have painted a powerful and striking picture of the life and times of the people of this country.

I found myself pulled towards the nature prose as it was breathtaking. These talented writers were able to put to words the beautiful views I see on the daily. The Ireland of these authors is long gone but the land and its beauty have remained the same.

[burningvelvet]

I finished Moby Dick. So, to continue my former post(s) documenting my thoughts, here we are (spoilers ahead):

captain ahab: i am once again asking hast thou seen the white whale

Narrator, for the 5 millionth time describing captain ahab: "MONOMANIACAL. MONOMANIAC. MONOMANIA."

I was thinking "the homosexual themes everyone talks about are really exaggerated apparently…" and then I got to the chapter about sperm squeezing

Stubb meeting with the French in chap 91 had the exact vibe of a filler episode on a comedy sitcom

there are a lot of moments that reminded me of The Office ngl like i could just imagine stubb in the little interview chair just talking. so much meme material. he's seriously just doing his own thing. the little random characters like the blacksmith and carpenter just talking shit and side-eyeing ahab in the background lmaoooo

Saint George didn't kill a dragon, it was a whale #THETRUTHREVEALED #WHALETRUTHERS

It would have been hilarious if the British people told Ahab that they already killed Moby Dick already before he could get to it. I was so hoping that would happen. Bonus points if it was the Rachel after he'd turned them away.

Ahab discusses the topic of madness a lot. It's almost like he's… mad...

I vote Ahab for the most Byronic hero to ever Byronic… Heathcliff and Rochester have nothing on him… The origin of the Byronic hero, Byron's titular character from the narrative poem Childe Harold, is literally mentioned by name in the novel and had to be a blatant inspiration - it could not be more obvious! (I have yet to encounter the famed Byronic heroes of Russian literature, most notably Eugene Onegin, a work where Byron is also blatantly name-dropped).

Everyone thinking Queequeg was dying and having a coffin made to his measurements and filled with grave goods at his direction and then him literally climbing into the coffin to test it out and then waiting silently to die…. then all of a sudden getting better and saying he chose to recover bc he remembered he had something on his to-do list….. iconic

Ishmael referring to Queequeg as "my Queequeg…" omg. Queerqueg

Queequeg drawing figures like the ones on his tattoos omg… au story where Queequeg is an artist/tattoo artist when???

I was literally saying "AWWWWW" out loud when Ahab and Pip were having their little moments

The irony of Ahab abandoning the Rachel then it coming back for Ishmael… the coffin lifeboat… etc… good stuff…

okay ahab is my man but yeah he was an asshole to the captain of rachel.

also feel bad for tashtego. he wanted that gold doubloon so bad and ahab was like SIKE, MOTHERFUCKER! umm tashtego did not get cut out of a whale by queequeg to deal with ur shit ahab!

Once again wanting a Black Sails/Moby Dick AU… I found this essay about the similarities between Flint/Ahab https://ijms.nmdl.org/article/view/22389/14361

They only have like 2-3 little moments together but like… Starbuck/Ahab kind of outdoing Ishmael/Queequeg there for a moment… chaps 132/134… oh my godddddddddddddd whyyyyyyy

Captain Ahab's moments in chapters 36/37 AAAAAHHHHH you will see me being normal about this

I noted some of my favorite Ahab moments/chapters and they are 36/37/41/70/99/108/109/113/115/116/119/125/129/132/134/135. Like I may seriously just re-read those chapters (no offense to Melville's whale facts, Stubb's jokes, & Pip's insanity)

the end is kind of similar to the great gatsby in the sense that you finally realize the entire novel was actually written for him to cope with his grief-related trauma & then suddenly it all makes sense. the lingering, the sentimentality regarding seemingly insignificant details or people, the meandering/digressing/procrastinating getting to the end, etc.

there are actually several moments -- i don't know if he actually referred to ahab or the others in past-tense specifically, but there were several moments where i felt like i kind of thought he was giving away the end before he did (it wasn't a shock to me bc i read about the end prior, but still)

[legilimensreader]

[itfeelstoomuch]

I left home too early.

In midst of running for being an adult.

I didn’t mourn my childhood who still sits on the balcony swing.

[classicliteratureprincess]

I’m packing and I found this old dream book that I got from a old used bookstore

It tells you supposedly what each dream means

[harshitjhamtani]

Keep moving, never stop. Always be on the move, never look back to what could've been, focus on what CAN be.

[hillyreviews]

How to be Financially Literate: Essential Concepts for a Secure Future @ Hilly Reviews

Promoting financial literature reviews among all age groups requires a strong foundation in financial literacy instruction. Continued education makes sure that people can handle the complexity of today's financial environment, whether it is adults managing credit card debt or students learning about personal money.

The eighth wonder of the world, according to Albert Einstein, is compound interest. Someone who doesn't pay for something knows they don't deserve it. This clever idea lets your money expand at an exponential rate since it earns interest on both the principal and interest that has already been earned.

[tuhainkahan]

“Sympathy's easy. You have sympathy for starving children swatting at flies on the late-night commercials. Sympathy is easy because it comes from a position of power. Empathy is getting down on your knees and looking someone else in the eye and realizing you could be them, and that all that separates you is luck.”

— Dennis Lehane

[0thello]

“No matter what happens in the world, however brutal or dystopian a thing, not all is lost if there are people out there risking themselves to document it. Little sparks cause fires too.”

Tomasz Jedrowski, Swimming in the Dark (2020).

[rainreads]

"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back."

-Albert Camus

[academic-vampire]

𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚁𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍, 𝙸 𝚁𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠

How would you guys feel if I took book recommendations and then read and reviewed them here for you? These books could be ones that you have read and loved, read and hated, or haven’t read yet and want to know if they’re worth reading.

I’m unsure how fast I can read and review during uni, but I think we could make this remarkable. I am beyond grateful to have so many followers (I love you all so much), and I believe we could make these recommendations and reviews a fantastic, worthwhile venture.

I would communicate with you guys, and we could decide how I would analyze, review, and critique the literature. Similarly, these blog posts would be open for everyone to give their own opinions and ideas—this would be a communal thing. After all, literature is supposed to draw us all together.

You could recommend anything: a poem, an essay, a book, a play, etc.; Contemporary or thousands of years old… go for it! I will compile them into a list and work through them as best I can. Then, we can all discuss the piece after I post a review. :)

I am not saying that my literary analysis is holy, but I do pride myself on my gift of reading, interpreting, and understanding literature. As an English major, I take literary analysis extremely seriously. Because of this, I realize how important it is to be accurate, honest, and critical. I merely want to share my thoughts and opinions about works of literature and hear others’ perspectives in return.

I can share photos of my annotations, update you on my thoughts as I read, and finally post a long review with everything included: my general thoughts, themes, character analysis, plot analysis, symbolism, and anything else you can think of.

What do you think? :) please let me know your thoughts in the comments and if you’d like to reblog this post, please do! I think it would be fun to have a big reading group on tumblr.

(We can find a cute name for it later, too! I can also create a community, I bet. :) )