Beelzebub's library

Ray Bradbury is my favorite writer. I love his short stories, his novels, his poems, and Fahrenheit 451 is my favorite book of all time. I wanted a book that would make me a better writer but would not be boring and tedious. So when I found out that there was a book by him, about writing, I decided that I had to have it. I had looked up some good books about writing and the moment I saw the name Bradbury I clicked on it. I scrolled through a list of quotes from the book and was fascinated, there are many great quotes from the book, and each one seemed to have life energy and being to them. So after reading only several quotes from the list I became very hyped for the book. And I was not disappointed because Bradbury writes with enthusiasm and honesty. While starting the first two chapters I became so enwrapped with the book that I went outside and began yelling the words out like a preacher quoting the bible (I was not drunk at the time, I was just very happy and really I’m j...

Novel: Dystopia, Sci-fi. Contains drugs, obscenity, adult situations, violence, and disturbing imagery. (This review contains minor spoilers) I read this book as a summer project, and I was permanently changed. It is my all-time favorite book and proba bly will remain so for quite some time. I can remember so many great scenes from it, one of the things that Ray Bradbury is great at is his ability to set a scene. He can capture your imagination and use it to form a vibrant and engrossing atmosphere. I remember how many times per day I would read some because I couldn't keep my eyes off of it. Our protagonist is Guy Montag, a fireman. But of course his job isn't to put out fires, instead, he and a team of other men, are hired by the government to burst into homes with books in them, and burn all the books to ashes. The houses of this not too distant future are fireproof, so the firemen may cover all the books in kerosene and light them on fire without destroyi...