Every once in a while I read a book because I’m supposed to, whether because it won the Pulitzer or Nobel or Booker, or some other prestigious prize, or it’s just old enough to have been granted “classic” status. Usually, the book turns out to be just as good, or at least just as notable, […]
Archives for October 2012
Review | The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
2012-10-21 · by ·
I wish I had read this in the early years after 9/11. While the characters in Joseph Conrad’s “The Secret Agent” are not superficially the same as the characters that would figure into the terrorist attacks on 9/11 and the subsequent events, the themes are eerily similar. As a piece of literature, though, the book […]
Review | The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
2012-10-15 · by ·
The Professor and the Madman is a non-fiction book about the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. It tells the story of two men: William Minor and James Murray and how they worked together to create the OED. James Murray was a professor and the editor of the OED. Dr. William Minor was a Civil […]
Review | Palace of Stone by Shannon Hale
2012-10-02 · by ·
Book Description (from the cover): Coming down from the mountain to a new life in the city seems a thrill beyond imagining. When Miri and her friends from Mount Eskel set off to help the future princess Britta prepare for her royal wedding, she is happy about her chance to attend school in the capital […]
