On my second try reading Walden by Thoreau, I made it about a 1/4 of the way before giving up and desperately perusing my Kindle for anything else to read. That’s when I started reading The Adventures of Sally (1921) by P.G. Wodehouse. The Adventures of Sally was a book I’d picked up shortly after buying my Kindle, when I discovered the large number of free classics available on Amazon. I’d never heard of P.G. Wodehouse before but he had positive reviews and it’s hard […]
Dreamy Italian Romance
“Dreamy” is an appropriate adjective for this wisp of novel. It is misty & poetic, with lovel moments. But it lacked the substance I like to round out my poetry & romance. Loosely based on Pellegrino Turri’s invention of the typewriter – very loosely – this novel focuses on the young recipient of that typewriter, the countess Carolina. Events revolve mostly around her journey into blindness, her world shrinking as she loses her peripheral vision, dwindling to a small window of sight, to finally nothing. […]
Jizz rags in the Jazz Age, whaat?
You’ll have to click through to see what I’m talking about with that title.
A little Romance to start the CBR6
So, after a less than pleasant reading experience of Northanger Abbey, in which I never should have read the publisher’s note at the beginning as it ruined the plot of the novel for me and kept me from really sinking in to the narrative, at the end of last year (I couldn’t manage to get it finished and reviewed for CBR5, meaning I fell short of my revised goal, only 29/30) I decided that a quick read – a restart button – was in order. […]
webelos8’s CBR VI Review 1: “Something About Her” by Jeannie Ruesch
Since I totally blew it in CBR V, I’m going to try to redeem myself this year. I submitted for a half cannonball, and only reviewed 8. 🙁 I WILL SUCCEED!
MelBivDevoe’s CBR Review #2 – Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
I decided, since I’m still on vacation for another day yet, to start reading my second Cannonball selection, “Eleanor & Park” by Rainbow Rowell, this morning.