A few weeks ago, while at a good friend’s house I noticed a book on her coffee table titled Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. She told me that she originally read a copy from the library, but that it was such a good book and she raved about it so much that her sister had [...]
The New York Times reports today that Alexandr Solzhenitsyn died at 89 of heart conditions. I read his book One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich when I was in high school at my debate coach’s recommendation. It truly was a fascinating account of the horrors of the Soviet prison system under Stalin. Today [...]
After a long hiatus from reading that coincides with Mr. Grey’s birth, I’ve picked up a book off my shelf which has sat page unturned for approximately 11 years. Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment. I read the first chapter last night and my initial observations are that it is magnificently written. I’m reading the Norton Critical [...]