Books

One thing which I encounter quite frequently in literary experiences and which has always baffled me, is that it seems whenever a character within a book commits an act which is morally questionable, people are quick to forgive them or excuse them on the basis that they are "only human" or see thier misdeeds as as proof of thier humanity. I have never really understand this mode of thinking.

Now I do not think that characters should all be portrayed as being perfect as this ...

I am relatively new to reading Thomas Hardy and I have developed something of a love hate relationship with him. While on the one hand I acknowledge his talent as a writer, and think his prose is beautifully written. His stories in themselves are engaging and his writing is easy to read and never feels truly tedious.

I have not truly disliked anything of his I have read, but the problem I have is often I find his heroes/heroines to be infuriating and intolerable. There is a certain ...

Gulliver's Travels by Gulliver's Travels

The Bright and The Dark by Michelle M. Welch

The Monk by Matthew Lewis

Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

The City & the City by China Miéville

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow

Night of the Wolf by Alice Borchardt

A Town Like Alice by Nevil ...

Blindness by José Saramago

Handling the Undead by John Ajvide Lindqvist

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

In The Sanctuary of Outcasts by Neil White

I went back again today, because tomorrow is the last day and last time, I did not get to finish looking because my need for food began to out weigh my "need" for books.

So here is the second take:

The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark

Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain

The Cruise of the Dazzler by Jack London

Snow by Orhand Pamuk

The Moon and the Sixpense by W. Somerset Maugham
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