I also finished Martial: A Social Guide by Art Spisak. This was the first of a number books I hope to read this month about Martial's poetry, in an effort to start to prepare for my Martial course in the fall. Spisak's book provided a nice and helpful on-ramp for thinking about Martial's poetry.
Life in late capitalism can be vexing, alienating, fragmenting, and otherwise frustrating. There are many wonderful things in my life, but I'm more likely to talk about what's bad rather than what's good. I'm going to try to post one good thing here each day, and if you would join in by adding a good thing from your day in the comments, I'd love it--I'd absolutely love it. --RR
6/11: finished
I finished reading two books in the past 24 hours. The first was Cold in Summer--a young adult novel by Tracy Barrett, whose Anna of Byzantium I read and enjoyed last fall. I got so into the plot of Cold in Summer last night that I stayed up late to finish it. Barrett has a very nice touch. She writes what I call quiet page-turners. It sounds like an oxymoron, but in her case it's completely apt.
Do you keep a reading list? Every January 1st I make the same resolution - read 50 books in the new year. Some years I even exceed, but more often fall short. (sigh)
ReplyDeleteHello, Barbara--Yes, I do keep a running list of books I've read. I started keeping a list in the mid-80s, when my parents first suggested that it might be a nice thing to do; how did they know that recording books in my "book book" would be one of the few habits to last through all these years? A colleague at work also turned me on to goodreads.com--I have an account there and I usually post a few thoughts when I finish a book. Do you have a goodreads account by any chance?
ReplyDeleteYes, actually I do, although I admit to not being very regular about adding to it.
ReplyDeleteHello, Barbara--I'm at
ReplyDeletehttp://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1529927
on goodreads, in case you're interested!