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111 Book Review: Wuthering Heights
111 Book Review: Wuthering Heights
tl;dr: sometimes love and family are foggy, moorish messes; other times, they’re turbulent, roaring winds that want in your window when…
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Nov 15, 2021
111 Book Review: Frankenstein
111 Book Review: Frankenstein
tl;dr: A total monster haunts the life of an innocent man and slowly ravages every aspect of his life. The monster’s name is Frankenstein.
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Oct 21, 2021
111 Book Review: The Aeneid (Aeneis)
111 Book Review: The Aeneid (Aeneis)
TL;DR: Aeneas is the bro who founded Rome and he’s _way_ cooler than both Achilles and Odysseus (combined). [Sponsored by: Caesar Augustus]
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Sep 9, 2021
111 Book Review: Much Ado About Nothing
111 Book Review: Much Ado About Nothing
TL;DR: Masquerades are _not_ an ideal time to ink the deal for your toit nups. Wait till your mutual friends’ wedding falls apart first.
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Aug 25, 2021
111 Book Review: The Odyssey (Ὀδύσσεια)
111 Book Review: The Odyssey (Ὀδύσσεια)
TL;DR: Odysseus uses Apple Maps to try to get home but in many cases ends up using Tinder instead. As a result, it takes him a long time.
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Aug 12, 2021
111 Book Review: Romeo & Juliet
111 Book Review: Romeo & Juliet
TL;DR: High School Musical meets Game of Thrones. Wait, that’s just Mean Girls. Is Romeo & Juliet just a Mean Girls rip-off?
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Jul 28, 2021
111 Book Review: Don Quixote
111 Book Review: Don Quixote
TL;DR: Look: That thing with tilting at the windmills happened *once* and we agreed never to bring it up again, okay?
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Jul 14, 2021
111 Book Review: The Iliad (Ἰλιάς)
111 Book Review: The Iliad (Ἰλιάς)
TL;DR: The crooked Achaean Media will spin anything to cover up weak (and boring) BigAch. Sad!
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Jul 8, 2021
111 Book Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
111 Book Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
TL;DR: Fairies mess with everyone, everything, and everywhen, and there’s no way to know what’s real anymore. *smooch, smooch*
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Jun 23, 2021
111 Book Review: Mrs Dalloway
111 Book Review: Mrs Dalloway
TL;DR: Rigid, the skeleton of boredom alone upholds the human frame (after reading this book).
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
May 12, 2021
111 Book Review: The Tempest
111 Book Review: The Tempest
TL;DR: Very storm; many magic; so infatuate; such plotting; wowe
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Apr 28, 2021
111 Book Review: Anna Karenina (Анна Каренина)
111 Book Review: Anna Karenina (Анна Каренина)
TL;DR: Trains; drawing rooms; trains; obscure Russian agriculture policies; train stations; Meaningful Holidays Abroad™; trains; etc.
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Apr 8, 2021
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