Book Reviews remember high school English class seminars when you were graded on participation but you were quiet in class? yeah, that sucked.here are all the book reports I never wrote and all things I never said. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski “…unresolved trauma, amirite?” Review Upstream by Mary Oliver “…she is so enraptured by the little finger of a moment…” Review The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller “…The most perfect story ever made for Hallmark…” Review Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens “‘Calling all stuffy Victorian fathers…!’” Review A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway “‘Silly foolish girl. You want too much.’” Review Villette by Charlotte Brontë “‘…expand your circle, bestie.’” Review Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy “Good. F-ing. Job. Hardy.’” Review