I debated the answer to this question for quite some time…. I suppose I could have tossed out one of the characters from “The Great Gatsby,” my favorite book, but that would have been too easy. And too difficult, in other ways, because I could never settle on one character from that book. Nick, so [...]
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If I Could Be a Character From a Book, I’d Be…
Posted in Books, tagged Plinky on August 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Special Books in My Life – One Old, One New
Posted in Books, Stuff I dig, tagged Plinky on July 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Gatsby Turns 80 I never get tired of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.” It’s staggering and it takes my breath away every time I read it. His prose reads like poetry, yet it remains wonderfully accessible. The narrator, Nick Carraway, is the kind of relatable everyman that is essential to good storytelling, and the [...]
De profundis
Posted in Books, Neuroses, Random thoughts, Religion, Status report on July 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I had a difficult time falling asleep last night. I forced myself to bed early, which was probably part of the problem, and tossed and turned for a good 2-3 hours before I finally drifted off. I took a break from the tossing and turning at one point and went to sit on my patio [...]
The real Daisy Buchanan
Posted in Books on April 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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