Month: January 2023
Ambler, Eric: Cause for Alarm
The second oldest profession is at least as old as the oldest, but for whatever...
Scott, Sir Walter: Ivanhoe
Food for thought: Ivanhoe was published in 1819, telling a story that took place in...
Mather, Berkley: The Pass Beyond Kashmir
This terrific novel was endorsed in its time by Ernest Hemingway, Erle Stanley Gardner, and...
Dickens, Charles: Bleak House
Dickens sets a leisurely pace in his novels and in Bleak House he's at his...
Smiley, Jane: A Thousand Acres
Jane Smiley's novel, A Thousand Acres, is often remembered as the story of King Lear...
Kightlinger, Rebecca: The Bury Down Chronicles
Before an accident to her wrist prevented Dr. Kightlinger from continuing her vocation as a...
Powell, Anthony: A Dance to the Music of Time
I started reading A Dance to the Music of Time with high expectations brought about...
Mistry, Rohinton: A Fine Balance
"Those who continue to harp on the decline of the novel ought to consider Rohinton...
