Pages for You by Sylvia Brownrigg
Before departing for the USA this summer, I decided to head to my local Waterstones and use up a couple gift-cards I had. My purchases really did seem like a … Continue reading Pages for You by Sylvia Brownrigg
Tag: Literature
Niki: The Story of a Dog by Tibor Déry
I visited Budapest last April, and I came back with several works of Hungarian fiction in my luggage. The first author I tried from my pile was the great Tibor … Continue reading Niki: The Story of a Dog by Tibor Déry
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Between my job, my novel, my travels, and this here blog, it’s been a chaotic and frustrating year for my reading. As I have stated in some of my recent … Continue reading No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Five Guys Read Hemingway: My Reading Experiment
I’ve discussed my relationship with reading many times on this blog. It’s the skill I’m most eager to improve day-in, day-out. It’s something that’s absolutely fundamental to the way I … Continue reading Five Guys Read Hemingway: My Reading Experiment
The Top 5 Books I Have Read This Year!
2017 has been a great year for my reading. It wouldn’t be hyperbolic to say that this was the year I rediscovered reading- certainly in terms of reading for pleasure. … Continue reading The Top 5 Books I Have Read This Year!
A Sad Affair by Wolfgang Koeppen
Last night I finished reading Wolfgang Koeppen’s 1934 novel Eine unglückliche Liebe (A Sad Affair). This year I’ve resolved to read more fiction from non-English language writers. This one is … Continue reading A Sad Affair by Wolfgang Koeppen
10 Books That Defined My Teenage Years
A week later and my bookcase is starting to take its new shape. The back rows are filled with old, second-hand tomes on the “Social Contract” and “Marxism After Marx”. … Continue reading 10 Books That Defined My Teenage Years
Why Fahrenheit 451 Is Worth Your Time Now More Than Ever
The ritual of burning books has been around for as long as we have been printing the things. Books are vehicles of thought and elicitors of questions. They are written … Continue reading Why Fahrenheit 451 Is Worth Your Time Now More Than Ever
The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe
Like the novel with which it will be discussing, this review-come-journal entry will be apportioned into three distinct parts. In the first, I shall discuss how Gene Wolfe’s The Fifth … Continue reading The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe
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