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!
When I think of it I think first of the heaviness of the air, the way it seems to tremble and shimmer in the distance, the way that distance arranges … Continue reading HTX
Last week (September 22-28) was Banned Books Week, and given that I’ve committed this year to reading more books challenged by brain-dead morons, I feel like I can’t not do … Continue reading Banned Books Week 2k19 – Sadeq Hedayat
At the start of 2019 I made a commitment to seek out as many banned books as possible and do my best to champion them. During my research, a lot … Continue reading 3 Controversial Novels written by 3 Fearless Women
Of the Farm Author: John Updike Country: United States Review: I’ve always admired Updike’s writing for its ability to render the mundane profound. Updike writes about ordinary, middle class families … Continue reading What I’ve Been Reading – March 2019
