As the train pulled into Waterloo Station, I got a text from Emily. I’m in Foyles. It was 6:30pm, February 24th 2022, a Thursday. That morning Russia had launched an … Continue reading Spring Semester 2022: Poetry at the Outbreak of War
If you could go back, would you? Or better yet- what would it mean to you to have a second chance at something? There’s something so compelling and enduring about … Continue reading Looking Back at the Past: The Yearning for Second Chances
Last week I finished watching Ken Burns’ recent documentary on the life of Ernest Hemingway, which was honestly a match made in heaven for me. Burns is my favorite documentary … Continue reading Stories & Heroes: My Reflections on Ken Burns’ Hemingway Documentary
Do you ever get the spooky feeling that the world at large is reacting to your personal choices? Not too long ago I finished reading Mary Beard’s SPQR: A History … Continue reading Domina Reviewed: A Nuanced Portrayal of the Power of Women in Ancient Rome
Territory of Light Author: Yūko Tsushima Published: 1978-1979 (serialized in the literary magazine Gunzō) Country: Japan Genre: Literary Fiction First Sentence: “The apartment had windows on all sides.” Review: Territory … Continue reading Lockdown Reading Part 3 – December 2020 to April 2021
Forever… Author: Judy Blume Published: 1975 Country: United States Genre: Young Adult Fiction/Coming-of-Age First Sentence: “Sybil Davison has a genius I.Q. and has been laid by at least six different … Continue reading Lockdown Reading Part 2 – Summer & Fall 2020
If you’ve been around here for a while, you might remember a post I wrote back in 2018 called Five Guys Read Hemingway: My Reading Experiment, in which I gave … Continue reading Five Guys Read Hemingway: Revisited
I was going to title this post “Quarantine Reads” because I thought it sounded more evocative, but then I realized that might give the impression that it was a list … Continue reading Lockdown Reading – Spring 2020
Despite what my recent posts may have you believe, my life during lockdown has been about more than ripping and tearing my way through all the evil Hell can conjure. … Continue reading Big Little Lies
History of Wolves Author: Emily Fridlund Published: 2017 Country: USA Genre: Coming of Age First Sentence: “It’s not that I never think about Paul.” Review: I both did and didn’t like … Continue reading What I’ve Been Reading – January 2020
I decided 2 weeks into October that there was no better time to read horror fiction. I have several unread horror novels on my bookshelves, I’ve always been curious about … Continue reading Halloween Reads 2k19
In my last post I wrote about how the city of Houston, Texas has become a second home to me. Over the past year I’ve been trying to seek out as … Continue reading 3 Books Set in Houston!
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