Archive for April, 2010

#14 The Age of Innocence

  • April 30th, 2010
  • Posted in Fiction

How on earth have I never read any of Edith Wharton’s works before? In school I had to read A Midsummer Night’s Dream twice, Beowulf three times, endless epic poems, multiple Steinbecks, stories of war, bravery, and witchcraft (told from a male’s perspective). The only assigned female authors I can really remember reading were Harper [ READ MORE ]

Pick a Pocket…or Two (Writing Adventure Group)

I recently began following India Drummond on Twitter, checked out her blog, and got pretty excited about the Writing Adventure Group (WAG) she runs from time to time. Once upon a time, I used to really enjoy writing-I still do, but have been pretty crap at keeping it up for the last few years. I [ READ MORE ]

#13 The Turn of the Screw and other stories

How appropriate that the thirteenth book I would finish would be a collection of Henry James’ ghost stories? And that on the same day, I would visit #13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, home of the Sir John Soane’s Museum-a rather quirky museum of collectables inside a free mason’s house? Having never read any of James’ works, [ READ MORE ]

Volcanically Clear Skies and a Change of Pace

I’ve decided to switch things up and make a few changes to the blog. Yes, I’m still reading and will mainly continue to post about books, but figure I might add some other musings from time to time. Sometimes thoughts need a place to go and I’ve become a fan of this blog so it [ READ MORE ]

#12 The Scarlet Letter

  • April 15th, 2010
  • Posted in Fiction

I’m pretty tired right now and happen to be watching Spaceballs, which is my favorite movie of all time, so this post is going to be even more crap than usual. I was anticipating to not really care too much for Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic, The Scarlet Letter, and was pleasantly surprised by it. The beginning was a [ READ MORE ]

#11 Cat’s Cradle

  • April 8th, 2010
  • Posted in Fiction

This was the second Kurt Vonnegut book I’ve read, the first being Breakfast of Champions, which I read about 3 years ago. Several friends of mine are huge Vonnegut fans so I figured I’d give the guy a chance. Breakfast of Champions was certainly funny, but didn’t really have me rushing out to buy more. [ READ MORE ]

#10 The Time Traveler’s Wife

  • April 4th, 2010
  • Posted in Fiction

First things first: Congratulations to myself for being one fifth of the way through my goal! Only 40 more books to read this year! The bad thing is that I should be completing my 14th book this week, so I’ve still got a bit of catching up to do. The sad thing is that I [ READ MORE ]

#9 The Old Man and the Sea

  • April 1st, 2010
  • Posted in Fiction

In the last post you may have noticed that I mentioned my distaste for most American literature, Earnest Hemmingway being one of the authors I didn’t care for all too much. Well, I figured that I might as well give the old sod another go. I first read The Old Man and the Sea when [ READ MORE ]

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