Book Review: “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame” by Victor Hugo

Book Review: “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame” by Victor Hugo

I picked this as the next book to read off my shelf because I wanted a change and I figured old French novels are sometimes a good palette cleanser. I enjoyed The Phantom of the Opera and The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favorite books. What I forgot when I forged ahead [...]

Book Review “Around the World in Eighty Days” by Jules Verne

Book Review “Around the World in Eighty Days” by Jules Verne

I liked it better than the last Jules Verne novel I read. But that bar is low. It's so very low, practically stuck in the mud you could roll over it.