Review:First off, I LOVED the Rainbow, the prequel to this book. I was very excited to get into this book and see how the characters developed further. In the beginning I felt the same interest as I did with the Rainbow, but as many others have stated, somewhere in the middle the reading got a litte tedious. Birkin was such a preachy kind of character, constantly spouting off stuff without ever convincingly proving he believed it himself! Luckily, Ursula seemed to tone that down in him. I did have a po... Read more

Review:The book was easy reading. The plot made you think about a time in our world that wasn't so good. This should remind us that it should never happen again. Somehow I thought it would end differently. Read more

Review:I voluntarily received a copy of this book from the author. I am voluntarily leaving a review. I really enjoyed reading this book. It had me captivated from the beginning with the hot steamy scenes. I really enjoyed reading this book and I would recommend it! Read more

Review:I don't usually write reviews for books purchased from amazon, but since the kindle version of Mrs. Dalloway had no reviews, which made me skeptical to read this edition (I have had some bad experiences in reading some of the kindle editions that haven't been rated), I thought I would give it the review it deserves. This is a great edition, which seems to be perfectly faitfhfull to the original work. I very much enjoyed reading this. Read more

Review:Anais Nin is famous for writing erotica that was decades ahead of its time; this is a collection of several of her erotic short stories. They are quite good, quite well-written, but I can't say that they're flawless. There are two main problems, one of which is certainly the result of her having written the stories for a patron whose stated interests clearly colored her writing, and the other of which may be a result of the same influence or may be the result of Nin being, in spite of her best e... Read more

Review:Tristram Shandy, like Don Quixote, is a classic humor novel. It contains some hilarious premises (i.e. his father being obsessed with his family's noses and Tristram's nose getting smashed by clumsy forceps work during his delivery), but the digressions, which are the central conceit of the book and can be humorous on their own, dilute the fun to the point of making it a tedious exercise to finish it. The author is clearly impressed with his own cleverness but also has a sense of humor about h... Read more

Review:Impossible to adequately convey the immense beauty of this book, unforgettable in its originality of prose and in its many memorable characters. The story eloquently conveys the struggles and joys of a Welsh community during an era of enormous cultural and societal transitions, the early 20th century. In my "legacy collection" of books that I have been assembling since I was a teen, to pass on to my children, along with Gilead, To Kill A Mockingbird, Samurai's Garden,........ Read more

Review:A fascinating view into a wretched little man's mind, albeit one that feels very real and alive. Perhaps many of us have bits of this wretchedness within us. I am lucky due to the circumstances of my development to not suffer envy, but I do recognise other unpleasant aspects of this man in me. For instance, the tendency to observe people and decide I'd really rather not interact with 99% of them, and then lament my own isolation and solitude. The underground man's tirade on irrationality, choice... Read more

Review:Old school science fiction. Interesting to read what people thought was possible with biology back then- with no talk of cloning or genetic mutations. Still was a little twisted in parts, maybe not for the faint of heart. Read more

Review:The book is a series of letters telling the story of a English professor. The letters of recommendations were hilarious to read. I never thought about the fact that when students ask for a letter of recommendation, they don't know exactly what is said! Read more