I’m impressed by and envious of the number of audiobooks that Cass at (now defunct blog) Bonjour, Cass! listens to each month. Her most recent list of books motivated me to get back on the audiobook wagon that I’d fallen… Read More ›
Book review
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
This year I’m challenging myself to read more broadly — different genres, different formats, authors from more countries, etc. A classic western fit the bill. I chose Riders of the Purple Sage because Zane Grey was my paternal grandfather’s favorite… Read More ›
Hans Fallada’s 1947 anti-Nazi classic Every Man Dies Alone
Reading this masterful novel was both painful and exhausting. Every Man Dies Alone is the story of what it was like to live in Berlin in the early 1940s. Written by someone who lived through it, the novel shows how everyone suffered under the political system of Nazi rule.