I was excited to read "Return to Paradise" after reading "Tales of the South Pacific" which I gave a 5 out of 5 rating. However, Michener not wanting to do a repeat of the Tales, chose a different format, which I found alternately engaging and tedious.
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Scott rated A Study in Scarlet: 3 stars
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first …
Scott rated The Speckled Band (Travelman Crime): 3 stars
The Speckled Band (Travelman Crime) by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Speckled Band (SPEC) is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in The …
Scott rated The Resident Patient: 3 stars
Arthur Conan Doyle: The Resident Patient (1893)
The Resident Patient by Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Resident Patient", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, …
Scott reviewed Return to Paradise by James A. Michener
A collection of inter-connected short stories set in the islands of the South Pacific. The …
Not nearly as good as Tales of the South Pacific
3 stars
Scott reviewed Dracula by Bram Stoker
It tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so he …
Review of 'Dracula' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Good lord! Abraham Van Helsing is a bore! If I hear anymore of his chatter of child brain vs man brain, I'm gonna invite Dracula to my house for dinner, preferably with Van Helsing as the meal.
Scott rated Call of the Wild: 4 stars
Jack London: Call of the Wild (2020, Independently Published)
Call of the Wild by Jack London
Jack London spent nearly a year in Alaska and the Klondike, mining for gold and braving the Alaskan winter. There …
Scott rated The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: 3 stars
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) by Mark Twain is one of the truly great American novels, beloved by children, adults, …
Scott rated The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: 3 stars
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the early nineteenth century. …
1984 by George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist …
Scott rated Lord of the Flies: 3 stars
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by Nobel Prize-winning British author William Golding. The book focuses on a …
Scott rated Cat's Cradle: 3 stars
Scott rated Brave New World: 3 stars
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before. Cloning, feel-good …
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Catch-22 is like no other novel. It has its own rationale, its own extraordinary character. It moves back and forth …
Scott rated Animal Farm: 3 stars
Animal Farm by George Orwell
George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden society’s blind march towards totalitarianism.
“All animals are …