Harper Lee – To Kill A Mockingbird (Book Review)

Opening Line: When he was nearly thirteen my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. Book Cover Blurb: “Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” A lawyer’s advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee‘s […]

George Orwell – Animal Farm (Book Review)

Opening Line: Mr Jones, of the manor farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes. Book Cover Blurb: Animal Farm is a satirical allegory on the Russian Revolution. It tells the simple and tragic story of what happens when the oppressed farm rebel to attain freedom […]

John Steinbeck – Of Mice and Men (Book Review)

Opening Line: A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green. The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool. Synopsis: Streetwise George and his big child-like friend Lennie are […]