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FINAL Final

Since my group focused on Sara Paretsky’s Indemnity Only, we had difficulty finding a lot of information and responses from the time period given as it was most recent, even with Peter’s help. I did, however, learn a little more … Continue reading Continue reading

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Wikipedia Reflection Final Draft

Since my group focused on Sara Paretsky’s Indemnity Only, we had difficulty finding a lot of information and responses from the time period given as it was most recent, even with Peter’s help. I did, however, learn a little more … Continue reading Continue reading

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Devil in the Blue Dress

At first, I enjoyed the movie adaptation a lot along with the book, but then they started to differ a little too much for my liking. Initially, all that seemed to be too different were common literary elements that take … Continue reading Continue reading

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Wikipedia Reflection

 Since my group focused on Sara Paretsky’s Indemnity Only, we had difficulty finding a lot of information and responses from the time period given as it was most recent, even with Peter’s help. I did, however, learn a little more … Continue reading Continue reading

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Devil In The Blue Dress

At first, I found myself relatively unenthused by this book and the characters, but the further along I’m reading, the more I’m starting to like it. I’d initially thought that our main character, Easy, was somewhat unremarkable, but then his human … Continue reading Continue reading

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Crazy Is As Crazy Does

I have to say, I was very taken aback and appalled by Lee’s death. Bucky’s hunt for him started to scare me in the first place with how neurotic he was being, but what he learned was even more frightening. … Continue reading Continue reading

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The First Joker

Needless to say, I was very perturbed by Black Dahlia. My sister and I read ahead to the part where they find her body and literally had to refrain from vomiting. I obviously had some context to the event as … Continue reading Continue reading

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Snaps for Vic

Overall, I was very pleased by Indemnity Only. I loved all of the courageous female characters, including Jill and Anita, who really knew how to hold their own. It was nice to have a female lead for a change, especially … Continue reading Continue reading

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Brought Me Back to My Childhood

Indemnity Only is much like the Nancy Drew books and interactive video games that I indulged in as a kid! V.I. is getting roughed up and threatened to stop sticking her nose where it doesn’t belong, just like Nancy did! … Continue reading Continue reading

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There’s a Bale of Cotton in Harlem

Although I was somewhat limited to plot summaries and youtube videos, the film adaptation of Cotton Comes to Harlem didn’t seem to deviate so much from the book and even portrayed certain scenes and characters as I’d envisioned them. Our … Continue reading Continue reading

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