I have tried and tried and tried to write this final blog posting on A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and… I just don't have much to say about it! I was so looking forward to reading this book because while Ulysses was not my favorite novel, I did appreciate and sympathize with … Continue reading Final thoughts on Artist – #3
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Final Thoughts on Gatsby – #2
(spoilers abound, but I believe everyone has finished Gatsby) I thought I had read Gatsby before but I either didn’t or I completely forgot the plot line throughout the years. For some reason I went into it thinking that Gatsby and Daisy were a married couple, not that it was about Gatsby’s unrequited and misplaced … Continue reading Final Thoughts on Gatsby – #2
Strayed again, but returned- Ulysses – #1
Well, Andi warned me that if I strayed away from Ulysses by reading other books it would be hard to get back into, and she was right! Over the Christmas break I read ‘The Mysterious Benedict Society” by Trenton Lee Stewart, a book my son read and recommended. It was great little piece of juvenile … Continue reading Strayed again, but returned- Ulysses – #1
Musings on Part 1 – Ulysses – #1
Whew, I made it through Part 1 !! After 48 pages, I can venture to say that this book may not make it on my personal list of best books of the 20th century. I long for the reader’s list, as we could be reading Atlas Shrugged right now and looking forward to Lord of … Continue reading Musings on Part 1 – Ulysses – #1
Heather Paquette 