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.
Light in August
Light in August by William Faulkner After his first three early novels (Soldier’s Pay, 1926, Mosquitoes, 1927, Sartoris, 1929) Faulkner… Read more Light in August
Humboldt’s Gift
As a young man I read a lot of the big American, male, authors of the mid-twentieth century, many of… Read more Humboldt’s Gift
Sanctuary
Sanctuary by William Faulkner Faulkner published The Sound and the Fury in 1929, followed by As I Lay Dying in… Read more Sanctuary
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner Having read Absalom, Absalom! recently, and then re-reading The Sound and the Fury,… Read more As I Lay Dying
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner I first read The Sound and the Fury in high school, more… Read more The Sound and the Fury
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner Wow! What a great book. And yes, like a Broadway show, the title ends with… Read more Absalom, Absalom!
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Jim and I hosted a dinner party just before the new year. Two of our… Read more Anna Karenina
Homosexual Officers in Anna Karenina
It’s rare for homosexuality to appear in nineteenth and early twentieth century novels, so I notice when it does, or… Read more Homosexual Officers in Anna Karenina
It Looked Like Forever
It Looked Like Forever by Mark Harris This is the fourth, the strangest, and the least successful of the four… Read more It Looked Like Forever