One of my top ten favorite opening lines is now, “Last night I dreamt of Manderley again“ these sparse words set a tone where I just know the language is going to be beautiful. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier is a tale of gothic romance, without the creepster Heathcliff. The characters are haunting. There is […]
Review of Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
September 21, 2009
The afterword of my 1960 copy of Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy begins with this, “To read the word of any famous author is in itself something of an art. A reader must develop the poise of courage in order to stay the judgement of his elders until he can read the […]
Review of Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
August 21, 2009
Sometimes I like to read books I know will depress me. It’s a weird habit, but something which keeps me in touch with my empathetic side. I found Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin to be a heartbreaking novel. Alice I Have Been follows the life of Alice Liddell, the real life Alice In […]
Book Review: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
August 9, 2009
For a post-apocalyptic book, The Road was alright, the writing style was definitely unique, but I still by far prefer The Stand by Stephen King, which again also disturbed me, but I felt more empathy for the characters of The Stand.
Book Review: Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella
July 27, 2009
I am not a baseball person by any means, despite the hall of fame being so close. Maybe that is why I did not love Shoeless Joe by WP Kinsella. Maybe it’s because I’m a curmudgeonly young person who dislikes the tourists, and the main character Ray, reminded me of those tourists. To be brutally honest, I […]