The Golden Mean
The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon is narrated by Aristotle and tells the story of his time spent teaching Alexander …
Monthly Archives: September 2011
A Digital E-Book Divide?
With Amazon announcing its new line of Kindles today, one of which is a tablet that may or may not …
Notes on Current and Future Reading
For through their reading in those most formative years from seven to seventeen they have become all unconsciously the dwellers …
Ulysses Update: Episode 12
This being Banned Books Week, it is only appropriate that I am reading Ulysses by James Joyce. Prior to the …
The Castle of Otranto
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole was originally published in 1764 and is commonly considered to be the first …
Carmilla
Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu was first published in 1872. Carmilla is a vampire story and predates Stoker’s Dracula by …
E-books in the News
It’s a crazy e-book news sort of day here today with Kindle and Amazon news and underwater reading and a …
Never Never Stories
In case you didn’t notice, I did not post a Ulysses update on Monday. I took Monday off from work …
Happiness is a New Desk
So far this weekend has been mostly composed of starting to put the house back together after the flooring project. …
Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin turned out to be a great fun read. I could have barreled through …
