As those of you familiar with my blog already know, for someone with a master’s degree in English, I’ve read appallingly few of what the world considers important books, or Great Books. There are several reasons for this, but the main one is simply: I …
Read MoreWhat I’m Reading: The Book Thief
I suffered a personal loss while reading Marcus Zusak’s “The Book Thief” – my husband and I buried our beloved dog, who passed away last month after a long illness – so I’m sadly familiar with how our minds struggle to find comfort and make …
Read MoreWhat to Read: The Yearling
Hubby and I were flipping through channels Sunday night, and we landed on “The Yearling,” the 1946 film adaptation of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’ 1938 novel, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. I never had to read “The Yearling” for class, being the world’s worst-read …
Read MoreWhat to Read: Adam Bede
Spent last weekend in Tennessee celebrating the birthday of my father-in-law, who told me that his favorite book is “Adam Bede” by George Eliot. While I’ve had “Middlemarch” recommended to me several times over the years, I think this was the first time anyone has …
Read MoreReading List: The Once and Future King
Netflix recently added “The Sword in the Stone” to its streaming lineup, and since it’s one of the few Disney animated features I’d never seen, I sat down with my husband, who remembers watching it on VHS as a child, to check it out. It’s …
Read MoreCould I Be the World’s Worst-read English Major?
I am what some may consider the world’s worst-read English major. I can’t count the number of conversations I’ve had in which someone has said to me “What? You’ve never read [insert name of Great Book here]?” For instance, I have never read Dante’s Inferno, …
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