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Celebrate! The Dance Is Halfway Finished!
Today, I celebrate. Because, today, I am halfway finished with A Dance To The Music Of Time, perhaps the most lengthy and tedious piece of literature I have ever read. That means “The Year of The...
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After 1,400 Pages, I Finally Laughed
Rejoice! Maybe, just maybe, I’ve reached a turning point in what, to this point, has been the most tedious literary experience of my life. The Valley of the Bones, Book 7 of The Dance To The Music Of...
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Dancing To The Music Of War
The great philosopher Edwin Starr once famously said, “War, hunh, good God y’all, what is it good for? Hunh! Absolutely nothing!” I don’t know if Edwin Starr ever read A Dance To The Music Of Time (I’m...
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My 5 Responses To A Dance To The Music Of Time
I just finished book 9 of 12 (The Military Philosophers) in this behemoth series of novels that Anthony Powell created as a way to torture readers. Feel free to relive my torture by reading my prior...
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10 Down. 2 To Go.
It’s appropriate to review my 10th book in the A Dance To The Music Of Time series on the day before Halloween. Because this novel will probably haunt me the rest of my life. Not because A Dance is...
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The Final Dance Approaches
I didn’t get this post in before November ended–that being my monthly post about A Dance To The Music Of Time–because I’m just worn down with this novel. I’ve ran a marathon before, and it wasn’t...
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Book #51: A Dance To The Music Of Time
“To dance is to live.” – Famous dancer person Dancing represents life, vitality, happiness, even sexuality. A good dancer is never more alive than when she dances—heart thumping quickly, blood churning...
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9 Things To Do With Thick Novels You Hate
So here I sit, with nearly two weeks behind me since finishing A Dance To The Music Of Time—a novel that took up about half of my reading time in 2012. I now have all four appropriately named...
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This Novel Has Left Me Speechless
Possession has left me speechless. But I’ll still write 296 words for this post, because I like you guys so much. Or maybe I should say “unable to write”—or whatever the synonym for that is. I feel...
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Can You Respect A Novel But Still Dislike It?
Here’s a problem I face when I’m reviewing or offering my opinion on famous, well-received novels. I have to separate my subjective opinion from a much wider objective opinion. For example, I recently...
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