Recent Books

Well, now, it has been a while.

I have been trying to read some good books

so I could write about them,

but it has been slim pickings.

I've read a whole bunch of books

but there aren't many worth mentioning.

Really.

The List:

The Weight of Heaven by Thrity Umigar

The Space Between Us by Thrity Umigar

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy . . . an oldie but a goodie

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens . . . always good to read

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri . . . short stories/some good some not

The Professor's House by Willa Cather . . . expected more

Every Last One by Anna Quindlan

The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard

The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz . . . BBC researched/not sure if it really happened

There have been others

but again, none worth really mentioning.

I re-read The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

and found it interesting even when I remembered the outcome.

A truly great book should be read in youth,

again in maturity

and once more in old age,

as a fine building should be seen by morning light,

at noon and by moonlight.

Robertson Davies

If a book is really good,

it deserves to be read again,

and if it's great,

it should be read at least three times.
— Anatole Broyard