Confessions of an English Opium Eater

Thomas De Quincy

Really, really pretty in some spots, but overall very dull.  

Like a trip to the Grand Canyon!

A Study in Scarlet

Easing back into things - we shall see. 

Sorry!

I have been very absent, but fear not.
I have to study for the GRE, so I have a lot of books coming.

Civel

Hamlet

I finally finished Hamlet today. I had been putting it off forever, even though I'd had a class on it three years ago and saw a production of it last summer in Utah. Still, I didn't want to read it. As it turns out, it was okay. I think I'm just a little prejudiced against Shakespeare is all.

Paradise Lost

I finished it today. Let me set the stage here: I read about 100 pages an hour. That's not a super speed, but I can finish a good size novel in an afternoon. Most recently, I finished Cat's Cradle in four hours. But Paradise Lost?
SEVEN DAYS.
Today I read 150 pages, finishing the thing, and it took 8 hours.
It was good, other than that.
An excellent re-rendering of Christian ideals.

Cat's Cradle

Doctor Faustus