The Nerdy, Wordy, Reading Life
The Stranger by Albert Camus Page: 117 Finished The Woman Warrior, China Men by Maxine Hong Kingston Page:113 The Stranger was a quick and easy read. The bleakness and the heartlessness of the book may have been meant as an indictment of modern life but it seemed more to be a symptom than a diagnosis. [...]
Mill on the Floss Page: 400 George Eliot has me quite depressed tonight. The middle part of the novel is about the failure and bankruptcy of the family. In our current financial condition it is rather hard to deal with their fictional problems. I’ve been ore worried than Jared has been but both of us [...]
The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot Page: 180 I read this book for a British novel class and don’t remember feeling so strongly then, but I really hate Tom. He is such a bullying nasty creature that I deeply despise him. I think it is his superior, controlling, narcissistic personality that is inspiring [...]
The Complete Short Novels by Anton Chekov Page: 538 OK, this is going to be a long post. Brace yourselves. I thought that the best way to communicate details was just to post next week’s menu and shopping list with approximate prices and the recipes. I’ll be shopping Saturday afternoon so the menu spans Saturday [...]
The Complete Short Novels by Anton Chekov Page: 310 Alex vacuumed the entire house this morning with the little hand-vac. He wore the battery all the way down and wasn’t very efficient about it but oh, how happy I am to think that soon he and Luc can take over some of the simpler chores. [...]