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The Abuse of Ashley Collins * Jon Athan

theFerkelDecember 17, 2020

The Abuse of Ashley Collins was a disturbing book. I was personally unnerved while writing this story. There were even moments where I contemplated shelving the book. So, I think it's safe to assume someoneContinue reading

Romance Books

The House on Hope Street – Danielle Steel

theFerkelNovember 28, 2020November 25, 2020

Life was good for Liz and Jack Sutherland. In 18 years of marriage, they had built a family, a successful law practice, and a warm, happy home near San Francisco, in a house on Hope Street. Then,Continue reading

Book Reviews

Germinal – Émile Zola

theFerkelAugust 12, 2020

Considered by André Gide to be one of the ten greatest novels in the French language, Germinal is the story of a miners’ strike. Set in northern France during the 1860s, the work takes itsContinue reading

Book Reviews

A Head Full of Ghosts – Paul Tremblay Book Review

theFerkelMarch 25, 2020

Other jackasses have tried to argue that it’s John Barrett, not Marjorie Barrett, who becomes The Possession ’s true tragic figure, and that the show is really about his descent into madness, his being possessedContinue reading

Book Reviews

The Pretty Ones – Ania Ahlborn Book Review

theFerkelMarch 11, 2020

I don't think I've read such a lovely and creepy story about a woman and her brother since The Visitors – Catherine Burns. (more…)

Book Reviews

Doddie Smith – I capture the castle

theFerkelDecember 29, 2019

“How I wish I lived in a Jane Austen novel!” Meet 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain who, alongside her family, lives in a rented castle. They're poor (no-one earns any money) but they like to dream. TheContinue reading

Book Reviews

Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)

theFerkelNovember 5, 2019

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." Austen began writing Pride and Prejudice under the title First Impressions inContinue reading

Poetry

My Papa’s Waltz Poem Theodore Roethke

theFerkelNovember 3, 2019

My Papa’s Waltz” is unquestionably the most anthologized of Roethke’s poetry and a case can be made that much of the reason behind that omnipresence is the room provided within its ambiguity for a multitudeContinue reading

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Blessed are the Cheesemakers * Sarah Kate Lynch

theFerkelOctober 5, 2019

If I were stranded on a desert island, the food I would miss most is cheese. I love cheese, all types of cheese, Maytag Blue, Fromager d'Affinois, Petit Basque, Taleggio. My affinity knows no nationalContinue reading

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The Abuse of Ashley Collins * Jon Athan

The House on Hope Street – Danielle Steel

Germinal – Émile Zola

A Head Full of Ghosts – Paul Tremblay Book Review

The Pretty Ones – Ania Ahlborn Book Review

Doddie Smith – I capture the castle

Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)

My Papa’s Waltz Poem Theodore Roethke

Blessed are the Cheesemakers * Sarah Kate Lynch

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