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Rebecca Reads

http://reviews.rebeccareid.com

Thoughts about books and reading; reviews of nonfiction, fiction and children's literature

• Added on: Jun 12th, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Rebecca Reid
• Listed in: Books
• Tags: books fiction book reviews reading nonfiction

Recent Posts

• Reading Journal (25 November): Unplugged Edition

  Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 23:50 in reading journal, non-reviews, writing about reading

  Although I’ve been pretty quiet around here lately, I am still needing more of a blogging break for personal reasons. Then I saw this: There are no rules to this challenge. Just give yourself permission to step away. And do it. I plan on being awa...

• Aucassin and Nicolette by an Out-of-the-Box Medieval Author

  Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 05:00 in poetry, reviews, woman, Romance, fiction, Adventure, tradition, gender roles, stereotype, translations, really old classics, woman's roles

  Aucassin et Nicolete was written in medieval France, but it’s not your typical roman d’amour. I haven’t actually read any other medieval romances. My expectations of “typical” are all formed on stereotype. In many ways, Aucassin and Nicole...

• The Life of Wilkie Collins (Biographies by Clarke and Peters)

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 05:00 in reviews, Mystery, writing, nonfiction, England, classics, suspense, victorian, women's roles, social class, biography memoir, victorian literature

  Today I welcome Wilkie Collins to my blog through the Classics Circuit. Although I like reading classics, I don’t know much. Before August of this year, I’d never heard of Wilkie Collins! I first experienced Wilkie Collins through The Woman in Wh...

• Reading Journal (18 Nov): Planning for a Quiet December

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 06:58 in reading journal, non-reviews, writing about reading

  I’ve returned a number of books and I’ve “quit” a few challenges and so I’m feeling remarkably free to read whatever I want! I’m thinking I may take a page out of the NaNoWriMo’s book and go blog silent (or at least quieter) while I wor...

• Two Neuroscience Books (Proust was a Neuroscientist by Lehrer and Sacks’ Musicophilia)

  Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 08:03 in art, music, science, reviews, nonfiction, language, audiobooks, nueroscience

  When I joined the 2009 Science Book Challenge, I didn’t intend to focus on neuroscience, but it turns out that that branch of science is absolutely fascinating to me. These two books I read really have convinced me that science and art are inextric...

• Jane Austen: A Biography by Carol Shields, a Quote Book, and a History of England

  Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 05:00 in humor, reviews, Romance, quotes, nonfiction, England, history, biography memoir, child young adult

  I’ve have been itching to read Jane Austen lately, and although I’ve decided to read Sense and Sensibility for Valentine’s Day, I found a few things that could satisfy my craving right now! A movie or two also may help in the coming weeks. Jane...

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