Fantasy – PiyangieJay

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

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

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

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

August 11, 2022

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

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