novels/books

The Hobbit is a prequel to The Lord of the Rings books, and focuses on Bilbo Baggins, who turns out to be Frodo’s uncle, I think. I’ve never read any other books by Tolkien, so I was able to enjoy The Hobbit without any taints from the other books or movies. Frankly, I was always a bit disdainful of The Lord of the Rings, but now I am considering reading them.  Read More »

Parting the Waters is a book written by Taylor Branch in 1988. It took 10 years to obtain all of the information that was put in the book. All 1060 pages is every bit true. The main part of the novel speaks of the turbulent times when racism was a very brutal, hot topic. Martin Luther King Jr.  Read More »

In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the main character, Okonkwo attempts to salvage his village’s traditions and customs by killing a messenger. The messenger was making an effort to stop a meeting that the Ibo people were having concerning how the white people were destroying their culture by implementing their own.  Read More »

Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775 in the village of Steventon in rural Hampshire. She was born to Reverend George Austen and Cassandra Leigh, and was the seventh of eight children. Jane Austen was educated at home and was constantly with her family; therefore, Mr. Austen tutored all the children.  Read More »

The following long quote is an excerpt from the sci-fi novel "Yesterday Was Theirs". The book is set in the future, where the government has dissolved into the fascist system simply called The Command. The teenagers of the time devise a plan to get away from this oppressive system and live better lives, but they will have many hurdles to overcome. The excerpt describes how The Command came into power.

It must have started with the government officials themselves. After the population crisis of 2040 they could no longer see their people. They could only see a failed scenario, like too many white lab mice in a small cage. In order to alleviate the problem, the officials had to estrange themselves from the general public and their own families. No longer would they assume that the citizens they hurt were siblings or parents or children.

They saw only numbers.  Read More »

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