Category: Reading

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Kindle Books by Email

It is probably fair to say that nearly all Amazon Kindle users load books on to their various devices by simply hitting the purchase button on the Amazon site and minutes later, their books...

Woolf and To the Lighthouse 0

Woolf and To the Lighthouse

I suspect this is going to be another long read. I’m just a short way in and already a couple things are bothering me about the novel. While Woolf undoubtedly spins wonderfully rich descriptions...

50 Classics: Next Up… 2

50 Classics: Next Up…

Time for another selection off the slowly shortening list of “classics”.  I’m thinking one of the following: War and Peace To Kill a Mockingbird Les Miserables Why? Because I have them on hand.  🙂

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50 Classics: Madame Bovary

If I was looking for a pick-me-up after the likes of The Sound and The Fury and Crime and Punishment, Madame Bovary was not it. The novel is definitive Realism, polishing no edges and...