Posts Tagged ‘ books ’
I’m kind of sleepy and don’t have much time, so this is going to be more of a “yes I read another book” post than anything worthwhile. This was my first novel by J. M. Coetzee and I doubt it’ll be my last. The response to my reading it by father and a friend has [ READ MORE ]
I wasn’t quite sure what to expect before starting Jack Kerouac’s classic, On the Road, and I’m still not quite sure how to feel now that I’ve finished it. Yes, I enjoyed it, quite a bit actually. But I didn’t particularly feel blown away by it as others have claimed to be. As someone who’s [ READ MORE ]
Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood is, by far, one of the most powerful books I have ever read. I am not sure if I have ever had such a violent reaction to written work. The story is based upon investigations and interviews Capote performed on the 1959 matter of the Kansas based Clutter family. Long [ READ MORE ]
It has been weeks since I last finished a book! Disaster! To be fair, I did just move continents and this collection of Jack London stories could almost count for a couple of novellas. I figured it was only fitting to read a bit of Jack London prior to arriving in his native San Francisco. [ READ MORE ]
I’ve let myself slip yet again! I am now 4 books behind where I should be. I foresee December being filled with a bit of reading madness. This is the second time I’ve read Mark Twain’s classic, the first time being for a high school English class. Although I enjoyed it back then, I absolutely [ READ MORE ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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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