Ripple Effects Turns a New Page in 2019
Ripple Effects has reached a new milestone. After almost twelve years in the blogosphere, Arti has finally fought off procrastination …
Tag Archives: Books
Top Ripples 2018
Here’s the other one of my perennial posts, a wrap for the year. Books I’ve read and film experience that …
Finally, Guernsey from Book to Screen
It was nine years ago that I posted a book review of The Guernsey Literary and the Potato Peel Pie Society, …
Middlemarch: You be the Screenwriter
It’s a wrap. Here’s my finale for our Middlemarch in May Read-Along. You may be a print purist, don’t want …
Summer Reads before the Coming Movies
What to read next? I’m sure that’s not a question in many readers’ mind as their TBR pile is high. …
Middlemarch Book II – IV: Inkblot Test
We’ve come to the midpoint of our tentative reading plan. Hard to believe one month’s gone by already. Instead of …
Middlemarch Book I: What are siblings for?
Dorothea and Celia Brooke remind me of the Dashwood sisters Elinor and MariAnne. Like MaryAnne, Celia, being the younger, holds …
Middlemarch in May: Let the Fun Begin!
A few quotes to set the stage for our Read-Along of Middlemarch by George Eliot. BBC History Website: “She used …
‘Middlemarch in May’ Read-Along
In 2015, BBC Culture contributor Jane Ciabattari surveyed 82 book critics around the world outside UK, “from Australia to Zimbabwe”, …
Books to read in pairs
Often I find some books are better read together, back to back. They have similar settings or subject matter, and …
The Portrait of a Lady, Sequel, Remake(?)
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James First, thanks to Bellezza’s open invite to a read-along, posting the photo of John …
Top Ripples 2017
The following is a list of books, movies, and events that stirred up the most ripples for me in 2017. …
