A former colleague of mine tried to steer me away me from reading Joseph Heller’s Catch-22. I cannot quite recall the exact wording, but he could not get into it all. But, as a) it is on my list of 40 books to read before I turn 40, and b) I can be quite stubborn… Read more »
Posts Categorized: 100 things
First Lines: Karakter
Jacob Willem Katadreuffe, the hero of F. Bordewijk’s literary classic Karakter, is—excuse the pun—a bit of a character. Just like his mother, he is stubborn and not willing or able to accept charity, favors, or a helping hand. And you can blame his father as well. That man definitely is a piece of work. He… Read more »
First Lines: To Kill a Mockingbird
After reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, I cannot disagree with its status as a Important Novel One Should Read™. The story of how lawyer Atticus Finch tries to help a black man in America’s south in the 1930’s, as seen through the eyes of his six year old daughter is just that… Read more »
#65: Read All Harry Potter Novels Back To Back
One of the upsides I saw to spending some time in the hospital and then recuperating at home, was the all that time I’d have to read. Of course, no such thing happened. The plan was to read the entire Harry Potter series in those few weeks. And while I dutifully started (and finished the… Read more »
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It didn’t expect #80 on my list of 100 things to be that easy. But then again, when I made that list, I didn’t expect to be in a hospital for a week and a half. Item completed Spend a week without touching a computer Period spend without touching a computer February 25th, 2015 to… Read more »