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War of the Worlds

“This isn't a war. It never was a war, any more than there's war between man and ants.” Author: H.G. Wells H.G. Wells created the entire genre of alien invasion survival narratives. The way we imagine it now – through TV, movies, books, comics, you name it – all points back to The War of the Worlds. Now, I’m a fan of disaster fiction, and I’ve been salivating to get some time with this classic for years. Finally, I had the book and the time, but I quickly discovered that my anticipation outweighed the actual power of the narrative, if not [...]

Frances Carden2025-07-19T14:48:28-07:00July 19th, 2025|Tags: alien, alien invasion, aliens, book review, classic, H.G. Wells, read, reading, sci-fi, science fiction|

Mating Season, The

Version 1.0.0 “You can't press your suit and another fellow's trousers simultaneously.” Author: P.G. Wodehouse Bertie Wooster is in another rather sticky situation. He’s stuck at Deverill Hall, surrounded by a gaggle of critical aunts, pretending to be a ditzy friend of his, helping with other people’s complicated romances, and making rather a mess of all of it. Without his devoted manservant, Jeeves, it’s doomed to failure. When said ditzy friend arrives, this time disguised as Bertie himself, more hilarity and misunderstandings ensue. Relationships reform and break apart, aunts get scandalized, a play is ruined, and eventually Jeeves himself [...]

Frances Carden2025-06-14T09:25:33-07:00June 14th, 2025|Tags: book review, classic, Comedy, Jeeves, read, reading, Wodehouse|

Dracula

“We've all become God's madmen, all of us.” Author: Bran Stoker There are some stories that need no introduction – some stories that live and walk in our darkest fantasies and waking nightmares, that populate our legends and inform our culture, that have woven themselves into the tapestry of our speech and the way we understand our own histories. Dracula is surely one of these stories. Indeed, Dracula epitomizes an immortal romance that grows beyond a tale and becomes a living myth. Look no further than the nearly supernatural land of Transylvania – dour, populated with craggy, windswept mountains and superstitions [...]

Frances Carden2025-01-12T12:39:06-07:00January 12th, 2025|Tags: book review, classic, horror, read, reading|