I have no intention of reading every book on this list. I have zero interest in reading anything more by Philip Roth, Saul Bellow, EL Doctorow, Thomas Pyncheon, or Don Dellillo than what I’ve already read, for example. But I did enjoy going through the list and finding out how well read I am. I’ll be parsing this out over several posts. This particular post is in honor of the book I read for work last night, a collection of short stories by different authors…
Synopsis: After returning from Italy, a young woman struggles to adjust to her new fiance, and quell the disturbing yearnings for romance so recently awakened. Review: A Room with a View is my third Forster. It’s more straightforward than A Passage to India, but it’s not as rich and fulfilling as Howard’s End.
The Sunday New York Times Book section had a charming essay called Confessions of a Book Abuser (registration required). Ben Schott opens: I have to admit I was flattered when, returning to my hotel room on the shores of Lake Como, a beautiful Italian chambermaid took my hand. I knew that the hotel was noted for the attentiveness of its staff. Surely, though, such boldness elevated room service to a new level. Escorting me to the edge of the crisply made bed, the chambermaid pointed…
Synopsis: A little girl falls down the rabbit hole and steps through a mirror, finding herself in an illogical, marvelous world.