Monthly Archives: January 2008

Mrs. Dalloway
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Posted on January 31, 2008 by

Mrs. Dalloway (1925) is a brussels sprouts book for me. For some reason the M.A.S.H. episode where Radar is in love with someone musical, and Hawkeye Pierce coaches him that he should respond to anything said about Bach with a knowing “Ahhhh, Bach!” comes to mind. This is one of those well-known books I’d like … Continue reading →

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Lucy and the Book
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Posted on January 29, 2008 by

I’ve been struck lately by the uniqueness of the experience of reading the Bible as compared to reading other books. Normally I hate the term “strategy,” but in the same way Lucy goes into the silent and mysterious upstairs of the wise magician’s house in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader armed with a plan … Continue reading →

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Many Moons
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Posted on January 28, 2008 by

This is a profound book. I marvel every time I read it. It’s about a princess sick in bed whose father promises her he’ll give her whatever she wants. She wants the moon. His counselors all give long-winded, complicated reasons why it’s too far away, too big, and too heavy, but the court jester suggests asking … Continue reading →

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A Room with a View
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Posted on January 20, 2008 by

I know it’s famous. I know it was a successful movie. But I had settled into grim dislike for it and was bearing down on the final pages before it suddenly and surprisingly won me over. I chose E.M. Forster’s A Room with a View(1908) because I expected to like it. It’s a novel about inner passions … Continue reading →

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Watchman’s Stone
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Posted on January 17, 2008 by

This is one of those books I’m embarrassed that I like: Watchman’s Stone, by Rona Randall. It’s one of three books I haven’t read since junior high but have felt a whim to revisit lately. This one cost me a WHOLE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS to get through interlibrary loan! But I have to confess I enjoyed … Continue reading →

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