Book Notes: "The Good Soldier Švejk" by Jaroslav Hašek
The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is quite a tome. It is really four books in one …
Book Notes: "Eclogues" and "Georgics" by Virgil
Eclogues and Georgics by Virgil My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book of pastoral poems is a classic, and therefore diffic…
Book Notes: "Mrs Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is the first Virginia Woolf novel I have read, but I have…
Book Notes: "How to be Idle" by Tom Hodgkinson
How to be Idle by Tom Hodgkinson My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book was useful in that it points to historical authors …
Book Notes: "Symposium/Phaedrus" by Plato
Symposium/Phaedrus by Plato My rating: 5 of 5 stars Reading ancient classics in their entirety is an interesting exerc…
Book Notes: "O Pioneers!" by Willa Cather
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather My rating: 5 of 5 stars So far, every one of the Penguin Pocket Classics is worthy of five…
Book Notes: "The House of Ulloa" by Emilia Pardo Bazán
The House of Ulloa by Emilia Pardo Bazán My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book was hard to put down. Unlike Charlotte Bron…
Book Notes: "An Awkward Truth: The Bombing of Darwin, February 1942" by Peter Grose
An Awkward Truth: The Bombing of Darwin, February 1942 by Peter Grose My rating: 2 of 5 stars When I went to Canberr…