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Rick Hoyt-McDaniels

Author, Artist, Composer

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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

Posted on March 17, 2025March 17, 2025 by Rick

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

Posted on March 17, 2025March 17, 2025 by Rick

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

Posted on March 17, 2025August 23, 2025 by Rick

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

Posted on January 31, 2025February 13, 2025 by Rick

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

Posted on January 20, 2025September 7, 2025 by Rick

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

Posted on January 15, 2025January 31, 2025 by Rick

Maurice by E. M. Forster I first read Maurice sometime in my teens, back in the 1970s. The writing dates… Read more Maurice

Picasso

Posted on January 14, 2025November 9, 2025 by Rick

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

Posted on January 14, 2025January 15, 2025 by Rick

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

Posted on December 31, 2024August 7, 2025 by Rick

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

The Scarlet Letter

Posted on December 12, 2024December 17, 2024 by Rick

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne On my recent trip to Guadalajara for the Thanksgiving holiday, I read for the… Read more The Scarlet Letter

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