I am reading “Anna Karenina” and listening to “The Magic Mountain” by Thomas Mann at the moment. I never read anything of Thomas Mann’s prior to recently reading “Buddenbrooks”. Now I am so taken with the quality of Mann’s writing that I intend reading everything he has written. Mann was a German writer, and some… Continue reading Thomas Mann and “The Magic Mountain”
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The problem with audiobooks
I am a huge fan of audiobooks and I have one on the go all the time for a couple of years now. But recently I think I have noticed a flaw. It won’t stop me from continuing to listen to audiobooks-I most certainly will-but I will be aware of a small problem. Let me… Continue reading The problem with audiobooks
Why I must reread Anna Karenina
I recently finished reading ‘Anna Karenina’ by Leo Tolstoy. I enjoyed it but found it long and boring in parts. I was perplexed by this as I had read, prior to taking up the book, that some people were of the opinion that this was the greatest novel ever written. Even allowing for the subjectivity… Continue reading Why I must reread Anna Karenina
Persisting with “Anna Karenina”, and I will miss it when completed
I am still listening to “Anna Karenina” and will probably miss it when I have finished. It has gone on, in my ears, in my daily life for what seems months now. This is not, note, a book that could be described as a ‘page turner’. I put my wife onto it, and she also… Continue reading Persisting with “Anna Karenina”, and I will miss it when completed
My simple, unceasing daily pleasure
One of the greatest pleasures I experience daily is the pleasure I gain from reading books, especially classic novels. I read plenty of other material, too, including non-fiction, news, reports of legal cases, etc. But the simplest, best value ongoing, unceasing pleasure is from listening to and reading novels, especially those considered to be ‘classics’.… Continue reading My simple, unceasing daily pleasure