Monthly Archives: May 2014

Gottfried reminds us that love is complicated – and, we can assume, chemical, too…. Back to  the 2014 reading list again. After taking a break from heavier (and, in one case, more depressing) works to read a little about fly fishing in my home state, I’m back to … Continue reading →

In which this reader of fly fishing works re-learns the value of  that tired adage, “You can’t tell a book by its cover….” I’ve been reading some pretty serious works lately, so as a treat for myself I decided to jump … Continue reading →

“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” – The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance We leave the 2014 reading list in this essay to consider a classic American novel of dubious repute that I read as a substitute last week when … Continue reading →

This novel will make one at least toy with the idea that Anne Bronte may have been the most talented of the Brontë sisters… When I wrote about Anne Bronte’s Agnes Grey for the 2013 reading list, I mentioned her magnum … Continue reading →

In which the Taoist nature of the Three Acre Wood is further explored – or not… As I make my way through Anne Bronte’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (which has proven to be a slower read than I’d hoped), … Continue reading →

Action! Adventure! Romance! Yeah, Chita Quest has all that; but it’s got something even better – a good heart… Brinn Colenda’s latest novel, Chita Quest, falls assuredly into the military action-adventure genre – a genre that makes a reader immediately … Continue reading →

We all love music; Nick Hornby shows us that some of us can talk about our love for it more lucidly than others… I had promised myself I wouldn’t buy any more books until I’d gotten through those on the … Continue reading →