An alphabetical list by author’s name of all the books I’ve read and written about since starting my Book Diary… 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.
American Pastoral
American Pastoral by Philip Roth Philip Roth is one of my favorite authors. I’ve read quite a few of his… Read more American Pastoral
The Natural
The Natural by Bernard Malamud After I finished The Caravaggio Shawl, the Samuel Steward mystery that I had borrowed from… Read more The Natural
The Caravaggio Shawl
The Caravaggio Shawl by Samuel M. Steward, subtitled “A Gertrude Stein–Alice B. Toklas mystery”. This novel, from 1989, follows Murder… Read more The Caravaggio Shawl
Murder is Murder is Murder
Murder is Murder is Murder by Samuel M. Steward. the subtitle is “A Gertrude Stein – Alice B. Toklas mystery”,… Read more Murder is Murder is Murder
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton A beautiful, marvelous book. Wharton won the Pulitzer Prize for this novel, in… Read more The Age of Innocence
Parisian Lives
Parisian Lives by Samuel M. Steward After having read Steward’s Phil Andros novels and stories, and enjoying his writing, (while… Read more Parisian Lives
The Hat Box
The Hat Box: The Collected Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim, by Stephen Sondheim. containing Vol. I Finishing the Hat, and Vol.… Read more The Hat Box
Phil Andros Novels and Stories
Phil Andros is the nom de plume of Samuel Steward and also the name of Steward’s creation, a hustler who… Read more Phil Andros Novels and Stories
Different Strokes
Different Strokes (1984) by Samuel Steward writing under the name Phil Andros. For the main article on the Phil Andros… Read more Different Strokes