Gluten Free Brötchen: Book Reports

  Finished: 16/10/2024 Since this is a short story, the report will be shorter too. I bought a collection of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories a couple of months ago and I've only read a handful of them. I've heard that The Fall of the House of Usher is pretty influential in the horror media world, so I thought I'd give it a shot. Like most of Poe's works, in my opinion, it was overhyped but still not bad. I also want to talk more about Poe's personal life later in this report because I have an opinion I'd like to share. To start with the summary, an unnamed protagonist rides his horse to the house of Usher, which is a giant, dull, dark mansion. The protagonist received a letter from Roderick Usher, his childhood friend and owner of the mansion, telling him to come over for a while because he needs some company. Right from when the protagonist walks through the door, it's clear to him that Roderick is in a bad way. Roderick's things are scattered all...

  Finished: 11/10/2024 I bought this book for only $2; there was a sale going on at my local library where books that weren't being checked out enough got put into this little bookstore and sold for very cheap. This book is also the newest one I've read in a while, it was released less than two years ago. Going in to it, and just by reading the title, I could tell that this book was going to have something to do with Christianity. However, I assumed that it was going to be more of a critical look at biblical stories instead of a subtle promotion of them. From a symbolic perspective, I was disappointed, but the book is beautifully written. I'll get into all of that, but I should start with the summary first. This Other Eden starts with the history of the Honey family and them finding their way to Apple Island. In the late 1700s, a black man named Benjamin Honey escaped slavery and fled north, he met and fell in love with an white Irish immigrant named Patience. After saving ...