My father bought some books online recently. Doesn’t seem all that unusual, really – he told me he was waiting for the package to get there, because he thought they should have arrived already. Then he said they were for sale on Amazon, but he’d bought them from the Kindle store “because they were cheaper.” Sure. But my dad doesn’t… Read more
Monthly Archives: March 2017
New on the Shelves
Thought I would share my current book with you. I’ve been looking forward to this one, and it’s nice to have a little time to read again! Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman: Introducing an instant classic – master storyteller Neil Gaiman presents a dazzling version of the great Norse myths. Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in… Read more
First Words
“He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.” The Old Man and The Sea Ernest Hemmingway Read more
First Words
“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.” Neuromancer William Gibson Read more
First Words
“They shoot the white girl first.” Paradise Toni Morrison Read more
First Words
“Call me Ishmael.” Moby-Dick Herman Melville Read more