A list of every book I’ve read since July, 2020, arranged by authors’ last name. ACHEBE, ChinuaThings Fall Apart ALAGO,… Read more Reading List
Category: Book Diary
I read a lot. Mostly fiction. I love literature. I try to read the best. Classics more than popular bestsellers. I like the way one novel will lead me to the next, how, (in the way of all great art) novels will reference other novels, or at least make me think of others. Since July 2020 I’ve made it a practice to write a post about every book I read. If you’d like to see if I’ve read a particular book, click on the Reading List for an alphabetical list by author’s last name.
Pale Fire
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov After the success of Lolita (1955, but not published in the U.S. until 1958), Nabokov… Read more Pale Fire
Dangling Man
Dangling Man by Saul Bellow I don’t remember what I was reading recently that referred me to this novel. I… Read more Dangling Man
Fathers and Sons
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev My friend, Harlow Robinson, has recommended Turgenev to me several times. I’ve not read… Read more Fathers and Sons
Seize the Day
Seize the Day by Saul Bellow I was looking for Dangling Man. I had read a reference to that novel,… Read more Seize the Day
No Map, Great Trip
No Map, Great Trip: A Young Writer’s Road to Page One by Paul Fleischman About a month ago, on a… Read more No Map, Great Trip
A Celestial Omnibus
A Celestial Omnibus: Short Fiction on Faith edited by J. P. Maney and Tom Hazuka I’ve owned this book for… Read more A Celestial Omnibus
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Jim and I were in Cedar City, Utah, a few weeks ago for… Read more The Great Gatsby
The Violet Hour
The Violet Hour by James Cahill Jim had an idea to start a book club: gay men/gay books. I was… Read more The Violet Hour
The Abracadabra Kid
The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer’s Life by Sid Fleischman I recently chanced upon a copy of a book called Mr.… Read more The Abracadabra Kid