Weekly Quote #2
"Homesickness is a blessing, you know. ... It means you actually care enough about folks to ache for them, and vice versa. Not everyone has that luxury."
-Random flight attendant, Surprised by Oxford (Carolyn Weber)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Started: 8/1 Finished: 27/1 Language: ⭐️⭐️⭐️☆☆ Plot: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆ Characters: ⭐️⭐️☆☆☆ Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️☆☆ Genre: Historical fiction, children's literature Synopsis The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , as you can probably already tell from the title, follows the many stories and (mis)adventures of young American boy Tom Sawyer, who lives with his aunt on the edge of the Mississippi River. Inspired largely by Twain's own childhood ramblings, each chapter discloses an exciting new undertaking of this much-loved character. This book is full of childish charm and innocence; Mark Twain successfully leads readers back to the carefree days of youth, invoking reminiscence with ingeniously worded sentences and humorous conversations. Thoughts I enjoyed this book much more than I had expected! Though the language may seem a little difficult and slow to unaccustomed, modern readers who are used to Percy Jackson-style writings, Tom Sawyer is in no way boring. Mark Twain manages to ...
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