Search by Michelle Huneven This was my second reading. The first is here. I read Search a second time to… Read more Search
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.
The Martyrs
The Martyrs: Sixteen Who Gave Their Lives for Racial Justice by Jack Mendelsohn in 1966, the minister of the Arlington… Read more The Martyrs
Two Crocodiles
Two Crocodiles by Fyodor Dostoevsky and Felisberto Hernandez These are two longish, but still short, short stories, that have nothing… Read more Two Crocodiles
Factotum
Factotum by Charles Bukowski Like Andrew Holleran, Charles Bukowski writes novels that are fictionalized memoirs. I read Post Office, his… Read more Factotum
Grief
Grief, by Andrew Holleran Holleran writes regularly for the Gay and Lesbian Review, where I enjoy reading him. This novel,… Read more Grief
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and Other Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald Fitzgerald wrote these six stories at… Read more The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
The Beautiful and Damned
The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald To be clear, it’s about one set of people, not two: people… Read more The Beautiful and Damned
Ficciones
Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges I had finished This Side of Paradise and The Kingdom of Sand and wanted to… Read more Ficciones
This Side of Paradise
This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald This is Fitzgerald’s first novel, and it shows. Hugely popular when it… Read more This Side of Paradise
The Kingdom of Sand
The Kingdom of Sand by Andrew Holleran After I read Dancer From the Dance a few months ago and posted… Read more The Kingdom of Sand