Category Archives: Books

After reading a majority of women authors last year, this year I’ve exclusively read books by men. Englishmen at that. I didn’t plan it this way, but after finishing up the last two books of the Lord of the Rings … Continue reading →

I read twelve books this year, a paltry sum compared to the copious quantities my wife reads, but pretty typical for me. The twelve, in no particular order except the order in which I read them, are as follows: Little … Continue reading →

I finished Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights today, the first time I’ve read the book. I enjoyed the first third and the end but most of the characters are either extremely depressing or annoying. By the middle of the book I … Continue reading →

There are certain characters in Persuasion that annoy me so greatly that I want to reach across, not just time and space, but the chasm between the real world and the fictional world, and throttle them. I’ve felt this before … Continue reading →