Posted in Bookpiles, General Prattling On on Jan 26th, 2008 3 Comments »
The other day I got a belated Christmas gift from my friend, Chris, and it was more than I could have dreamed. It was an envelope with eight crappy books from the 60’s through the 80’s that he called Bunduki Wannabes. They’re the kind of horrible sci-fi, fantasy, and adventure stories that give […]
Posted in Challenges, Reviews on Jan 24th, 2008 1 Comment »
Confessions of a Mask / Yukio Mishima
New Directions, 1958 (paperback)
254 p. — translated by Meredith Weatherby
Yukio Mishima’s Confessions of a Mask turned out to be a lot more than I imagined and a little less than I had hoped. I initially approached this book through the lens of Japanese fiction. Knowing this was […]
Posted in Challenges, Reviews on Jan 13th, 2008 7 Comments »
The Woman in the Dunes / Kobo Abé
Vintage International, 1991 (paperback) [orig. 1964]
239 p. — translated by E. Dale Saunders
I have this goal–more of a hope really–that 2008 will be a better reading year than 2007. “Better,” in this case, is not a measurement of quantity of books, reading focus, or really anything having […]
Posted in General Prattling On on Jan 3rd, 2008 2 Comments »
I’m not usually one to do the serious New Year’s resolution thing. I have a list of flip resolutions that I don’t mean posted on my other blog, but that’s as far as it goes. I do, however, have one resolution I’m intending to keep that has to do with reading. It […]