The Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton is about one of those really nice people who tend to get pushed around or find themselves in uncomfortable situations because they rarely stand up for themse… more →
So Many BooksStefanie wrote 1 month ago: The Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton is about one of those really nice people who tend to get … more →
Stefanie wrote 3 months ago: The Post-Office Girl by Stefan Zweig is a Cinderella story of sorts except she isn’t rescued f … more →
Stefanie wrote 5 months ago: If the number of page points I stuck in Jeanette Winterson’s Sexing the Cherry is any indicati … more →
Stefanie wrote 9 months ago: Today seems like a great day for meandering book chat. And the idea just struck me that if it wouldn … more →
Stefanie wrote 9 months ago: Ruth Hall by Fanny Fern (Sara Payson Willis Parton) was originally published in 1855. It is the stor … more →
Stefanie wrote 1 year ago: Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton is the first book she published after she became the first wom … more →
Stefanie wrote 1 year ago: Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia is a novel about memory–remembering, forgetting, trying t … more →
Stefanie wrote 1 year ago: The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence is the story of Hagar Shipley told in flashbacks. Hagar Shipley … more →
Stefanie wrote 1 year ago: The Owl Service by Alan Garner, is–interesting. And if you live in Minnesota or you know someo … more →
Stefanie wrote 1 year ago: Emerson is postponed until tomorrow due to the Slaves of Golconda discussion of Andreï Makine … more →
Stefanie wrote 1 year ago: Reading Sleepless Nights by Elizabeth Hardwick was at times like reading poetry. The quality of the … more →
Stefanie wrote 2 years ago: Where to begin with The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford? For some reason I was surprised by the comp … more →
Stefanie wrote 2 years ago: The Slaves of Golconda pick this time around is Lady Susan by Jane Austen. This is early Jane, compo … more →
Stefanie wrote 2 years ago: I was reading Emerson: The Mind on Fire and came across this passage: Coleridge notes that there are … more →
Stefanie wrote 2 years ago: Where to begin in writing about The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz? It is a beautiful and amaz … more →
Stefanie wrote 2 years ago: Cross-posted at Slaves of Golconda What a whirlwind of a book Indiana is! Illicit love, running away … more →
Stefanie wrote 2 years ago: I am currently a library delinquent. My copy of Indiana was due yesterday so I logged on to my libra … more →