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.
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
Ticket for a Seamstitch
Ticket for a Seamstitch by Mark Harris This is the third in a series of four novels by Mark Harris… Read more Ticket for a Seamstitch
Bang the Drum Slowly
Bang the Drum Slowly by Mark Harris I’ve been reading baseball novels, lately. I picked up Philip Roth’s The Great… Read more Bang the Drum Slowly
The Southpaw
The Southpaw by Mark Harris I really enjoyed the close of the baseball season this year. The Dodgers finished the… Read more The Southpaw
Black Gotham
Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-century New York City by Carla L. Peterson Jim and I… Read more Black Gotham