Updike, John. Gertrude and Claudius. New York: Ballantine Books, 2000. Putting aside the murder being covered up, Claudius seems like a capable king, Gertrude a noble queen, Ophelia a treasure of swe… more →
The Blotted Linedaughterofben wrote 8 months ago: Updike, John. Gertrude and Claudius. New York: Ballantine Books, 2000. Putting aside the murder bei … more →
daughterofben wrote 11 months ago: Saramago, José. Death with Interruptions. Transl. Margaret Jull Costa. Orlando: Harcourt, 2008. Well … more →
daughterofben wrote 11 months ago: This always happens around Christmas: my planned reading list is (pleasantly) interrupted by newly u … more →
daughterofben wrote 1 year ago: Rowling, JK. The Tales of Beedle the Bard. London: Bloomsbury, 2008. “[Life's] terribly simple … more →
daughterofben wrote 1 year ago: Ricci, Nino. The Origin of the Species. Toronto: Doubleday, 2008. I find it difficult to describe wo … more →
daughterofben wrote 1 year ago: Woolf, Virginia. The Years. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1973. The Years, during her lifetime Virginia Wo … more →
daughterofben wrote 1 year ago: Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One’s Own. Selected Works of Virginia Woolf. London: Wordsworth, 20 … more →
daughterofben wrote 1 year ago: Marston, John. The Insatiate Countess. Four Jacobean Sex Tragedies. Ed Martin Wiggins. Oxford: Oxfor … more →
daughterofben wrote 1 year ago: Woolf, Virginia. Orlando. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1967. How does one begin to review Virginia Woolf? … more →
daughterofben wrote 1 year ago: David Mitchell is brilliant. David Mitchell is hilarious. David Mitchell is bleak, tragic, elitist, … more →
daughterofben wrote 1 year ago: Dear Mr. Hornby, Please stop writing your column; I have enough to read already. I would never actua … more →
daughterofben wrote 1 year ago: Mitchell, David. Cloud Atlas. Toronto: Vintage, 2004. David Mitchell is brilliant. David Mitchell is … more →