I've just started listening to The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, which is about a missionary family traveling to the Congo. I'm only a short way in, but I'm feeling a sort of anticipation for all the horrible things I know are going to happen to these people. They are described with just the right …
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
This fantastical little story was my first experience with Gaiman, and it wasn't a super good one for me. The story is about a middle aged man who, after attending a funeral, goes back to his childhood home to walk around and remember stuff. The rest of the book is him remembering some crazy things …
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update–back on the wagon
I've fallen off blogging for too long, time to get back into it! While I've been away I have: Decided to take a break from writing my next novel to writing short stories. Threw away the short story I was writing and went back to my novel Enrolled in a technical writing certification course so …
Resurrection, by Leo Tolstoy
I just finished this one, my first Tolstoy, chosen because it's the shortest novel he wrote. The story is about a nobleman in 1880, Nekhlyudov, who finds himself on a jury. One of the accused is a woman he knew in is past, and who he wronged when he was young. While watching the trial he …
A clear idea of right and wrong
I've been listening to Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy, my first Tolstoy, and am enjoying the lack of moral relativism. It's somehow refreshing to have a narrator with a clear opinion of what is evil and what is good, and a character who also knows this and is trying to be good. All the shades of …
Jonas David 