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Atonement by Ian McEwan

Around 1986 or 1987, I went to a bookstore to find my next read. Now you know that I can’t go to scout out reading projects and leave without an hour, or at least not […]

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Blind Owl by Sadeq Hedayat

During a recent trip to Spokane, I went to Auntie’s Bookstore to buy a novel to read on the train. I searched for a half-hour, or maybe a whole hour, but I ended up buying […]

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A Message to My Readers

 I am losing words, although I am not losing concepts. I hope that I am not losing concepts.  If I am losing concepts, I am not aware of it. If I am losing concepts, how […]

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The Man Who was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton

There are novels to understand, but there are novels to experience. After reading G. K. Chesterton’s The Man Who was Thursday twice—the second time to remind me of the plot—I concluded that it is securely […]

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The Shining by Stephen King

The Shining by Stephen King is one of the author’s best works, if not his best. It tells the story of Jack Torrrance and his winter acting as the caretaker of the Overlook Hotel. He […]

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The Call of the Wild by Jack London

Though I know there are several wonderful stories with animal protagonists, I tend not to read them. I guess I suffer from a homo sapiens prejudice when it comes to literature. I want the stories […]

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The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad

In James Fenimore Cooper’s The Spy, the spy was Harvey Birch, who reported to George Washington. His mission was to watch British troop movements and learn what he could of their intentions. In the novel, […]

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