Huckleberry Finn
I just finished reading Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This book was exactly the type of book I set out to read when I started this venture, because it is exactly the type of book I...
View ArticleReading Rainbow/Reading List
I have been steadily progressing on my 2011 goal to read more. My evidence is documented, and my triumph near. Admittedly, my pace has slowed significantly in recent past, and that’s left me with a...
View ArticleMusicophilia
I just completed Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks. As I’ve mentioned previously, this book has been recommended to me numerous times from many independent members of my social...
View ArticleGoals and Failure
If you’ve been paying attention to my Reading List and accompanying posts, you may have noticed that I failed to reach my goal of reading 20 books in 2011. I had a doable schedule for myself all year,...
View ArticleAmerican Pastoral
I finished Philip Roth’s American Pastoral a few months ago and I nearly forgot to write this post. I read Portnoy’s Complaint by Roth a while ago, and liked it enough to try another of his novels....
View ArticleFreakonomics
I joined a book club some friends had organized for the sake of reading more and reading more socially. I started writing this post before we gathered and discussed Freakonomics, partly so my own views...
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I’ve Heard the Vultures Singing
Okay, I admit it. I judged this book by its cover. Lucia Perillo’s I’ve Heard the Vultures Singing: Field Notes on Poetry, Illness, and Nature came as a surprise in a package from my uncle, who had...
View ArticleThe Best of Times
Though my writing would not reflect it, I really have been reading lately. Most recently, I finished Haynes Johnson’s book The Best of Times. The book follows America’s journey through the 1990′s,...
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The Man in the High Castle
I just finished reading Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle. I had never read any Dick before, but a number of people in my life are fans. Going into it, I knew very little. I knew Philip K....
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The Road
I just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy. The story follows a man and his son are traveling along a road (which you may have guessed) in an America whose once-lush countryside has been transformed...
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