Category: reading
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Woke up thinking about British novelist Wilkie Collins, and his fine 1860s-era detective novel The Moonstone, which I’ve read a few times. There’s a delightful side character in the book who finds solace and wisdom for daily life in rereading the novel Robinson Crusoe (published in 1719). I couldn’t remember where The Moonstone lived in…
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When I finished Kaliane Bradley’s “The Ministry of Time,” I knew I had to read it again right away. This sweet genius of a book combines history, science fiction and romance, with surprises all over the place but there’s a plot development near the end that I did not see coming at all. I’m not…
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It’s pretty easy for me to get ensnared in outrage these days. But pragmatism suggests that it makes more sense to choose appropriate emotional responses, rather than react to every little (or big) thing. I’m returning to my morning ritual: starting the day with poetry rather than news. For that, The Poetry Foundation provides an…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 