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 for an alphabetical list by author’s last name.
Invisible Cities
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino I don’t remember how I discovered Italo Calvino. Someone must have recommended him to me.… Read more Invisible Cities
Watermark
Watermark by Joseph Brodsky I finished I Married a Communist on a plane ride to North Carolina to visit my… Read more Watermark
I Married a Communist
I Married a Communist by Philip Roth When I finished reading American Pastoral a few months ago, I had read… Read more I Married a Communist
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston I got curious to read Zora Neale Hurston after reading Prepare… Read more Their Eyes Were Watching God
Devil in a Blue Dress
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley I’ve wanted to read this novel for some time. I’m always curious… Read more Devil in a Blue Dress
Maurice
Maurice by E. M. Forster I first read Maurice sometime in my teens, back in the 1970s. The writing dates… Read more Maurice
Picasso
Picasso by Gertrude Stein Usually, I only include books in this diary that I have read completely. I feel I… Read more Picasso
Prepare for Saints
Prepare for Saints: Gertrude Stein, Virgil Thomson, and the Mainstreaming of American Modernism by Steven Watson Jim and I hosted… Read more Prepare for Saints
Where I’m Calling From
Where I’m Calling From: Stories by Raymond Carver Raymond Carver published several collections of short stories in the 1980s. This… Read more Where I’m Calling From