Tag: Fiction

• Book Fact: Length Doesn’t Matter

  

  Les Misérables contains a sentence that is widely cited as being 823 words long in English translation.  This exceptionally long sentence appears in Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 3, within a detailed description of the Battle of Waterloo. It is known for its sprawling, detailed prose, characteristic of Hugo’s writing style, and has been cited in past editions…

  Lori O’Gara

  November 2, 2025

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• The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World by Laura Imia Messina

  

  This story is heart-ripping and amazing. There’s quite a lot of tragedy but by the time you reach the end of the story, you will be glad that you’ve read it. This is a book you will think about for a long time after you’ve finished it.  The “Wind Phone” exists in real life and that gives…

  Lori O’Gara

  December 2, 2023

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• The Guest by Emma Cline

  

  This book! This girl Alex! I wanted to go all mommy dearest on her and give her a good spanking! Reading this story and watching this girl make one stupid mistake after another was like watching a car wreck in slow motion. I kept hanging on for the end where she learned her lessons and…

  Lori O’Gara

  September 9, 2023

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