PiyangieJay

PiyangieJay

Just another WordPress site

  • About
  • Home
  • Book Reviews
    • Classics
      • Fiction
      • Nonfiction
      • Poetry
      • Plays
      • Mystery
      • Fantasy
      • Philosophy
    • Contemporary
      • Fiction
      • Fantasy
      • Crime/Mystery
  • My Writing
    • Critical Essays
    • Fiction
    • Poetry

Category: Fantasy

March 31, 2025

The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit is the forerunner to the The Lord of the Rings trilogy. It gives the first glimpse to the world of hobbits, dwarfs,…

March 13, 2025

If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler – Italo Calvino

Please don’t ask me what this novel is about, for my interpretation will differ from yours. But if you are the kind of reader…

March 13, 2025

The Braon In The Trees (Our Ancestors #2) – Italo Calvino

What I’ve come to realize about Italo Calvino is that he never disappoints the reader no matter what he writes. This is my third…

February 25, 2025

2001: A Space Odyssey – Arthur C. Clarke

With 2001: A Space Odyssey, I embarked on a rare voyage to space. Space has always been a fascinating mystery to me, yet, I…

February 24, 2025

Childhood’s End – Arthur C. Clarke

Childhood’s End is my first reading of a work by Arthur C. Clarke. Not being an enthusiast of the science fiction genre, I wasn’t…

February 10, 2023

Idylls of the King – Alfred Tennyson

Idylls of the King is a beautiful retelling of the Arthurian legend. In blank verse, Tennyson tells us the coming of Arthur, the romantic…

December 9, 2022

A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol is my most favourite Christmas story. Scrooge has been an interesting character for me not only because I liked him (not…

August 11, 2022

The Aeneid – Virgil

History records that Virgil wrote his epic poem The Aeneid to fulfill two purposes. One is to restore the faith among Romans in the…

July 2, 2022

Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame

The Wind in the Willows is widely accepted as a children’s novel. To some extent, this classification is justified since its story consists of…

April 28, 2022

The Return of the King – J.R.R. Tolkien

The Return of the King is the final part of the trilogy where the fellowship marks its victory over the Dark Lord, Sauron. The…

Posts navigation

1 2 Next

Recent Posts

  • The Ladies’ Paradise – Émile Zola
  • Mansfield Park – Jane Austen
  • Hamlet – William Shakespeare
  • Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
  • The Glass Bead Game – Hermann Hesse

Recent Comments

    Archives

    • May 2025
    • April 2025
    • March 2025
    • February 2025
    • January 2025
    • December 2024
    • May 2024
    • February 2024
    • January 2024
    • December 2023
    • November 2023
    • July 2023
    • June 2023
    • May 2023
    • April 2023
    • March 2023
    • February 2023
    • January 2023
    • December 2022
    • November 2022
    • October 2022
    • September 2022
    • August 2022
    • July 2022
    • June 2022
    • May 2022
    • April 2022
    • March 2022
    • February 2022
    • January 2022
    • December 2021
    • November 2021
    • September 2021
    • August 2021
    • July 2021

    Categories

    • Book Reviews
      • Classics
        • Fantasy
        • Fiction
        • Mystery
        • Nonfiction
        • Philosophy
        • Plays
        • Poetry
      • Contemporary
        • Crime/Mystery
        • Fantasy
        • Fiction
    • My Writing
      • Fiction
      • Poetry
    • Uncategorized

    Categories

    • Book Reviews
    • Classics
    • Contemporary
    • Crime/Mystery
    • Fantasy
    • Fantasy
    • Fiction
    • Fiction
    • Fiction
    • My Writing
    • Mystery
    • Nonfiction
    • Philosophy
    • Plays
    • Poetry
    • Poetry
    • Uncategorized

    Latest Reviews

    • The Ladies’ Paradise – Émile Zola
    • Mansfield Park – Jane Austen
    • Hamlet – William Shakespeare
    • Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
    • The Glass Bead Game – Hermann Hesse
    © PiyangieJay 2021 All Rights Reserved.