Lovely--Reader's Regrets
A nice list at Good Reads--go and gnash your teeth and tear your clothing with the many mourners.
Reprint Time--Helena
A comment from the blogkeeper at Underbelly (thank you Buce) inspired me to look this up. I was fairly certain that I had reviewed the book in the recent past, and so I discovered this. a good book is worth appreciation--over and over and over again. Also, while you are appreciating, you might want to take in Underbelly's look at Helena as well. La Belle Hélène on March 18, 2005 8:11 AM In reading Helena last night I stumbled across a large number of passages I would like to share. But I thought the more important thing to share was an observation. Evelyn Waugh liked this best among his books. There are a good many reasons why this might be so: it is splendidly written--both the prose and the coherence are several notches above some of his earlier, more frenetic work. It is tightly done, with just the right strokes and exactly the right selection of detail. But I suspect the reason Waugh prized this above all the other works is that in t...
The only problem with the list is that many of the books I regret reading most I was forced to read, making it a little difficult to judge fairly. Other than that, though, it's a great idea, full of bests and worsts, fond memories and memories of wanting to rip someone's head off...
ReplyDeleteDear Biblibio,
ReplyDeleteThank you for stopping by. I enjoyed the list, though I must confess there is very little I can think of that I regret reading. Usually, when I think I might regret it, I get an inkling along the way and abandon it. But other than The Exorcist I can't think of much I outright regret.
shalom,
Steven