Category Archives: Reading

I’m still chugging away at The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. It’s a very large book, split up into four sections and I’m about 100 pages from halfway through the book (876 pages). As I said in my … Continue reading →

The Mists of Avalon is an intimidating book to look at. It is 876 large pages of very small print. Then once you begin to dig into the book, it becomes somewhat more daunting. This is because The Mists of Avalon is … Continue reading →

Many peoples and cultures have felt the impact of Imperialism and Colonization in the course of Human history. And even though there are many cultures and aspects to these two things, there often lines up to be two perspectives: the … Continue reading →

Heroism is a tricky thing. People have their own little individual preconception of what a hero is. For me, there are multiple kinds of heroes. There are the every day, unsung heroes. They are those who go about their daily … Continue reading →

Crime and Punishment is a very heavy book. Very, very heavy. What makes it so heavy are all of the deep philosophical queries and points that Dostoyevsky so masterfully weaves in. One of the most enjoyable things about this book is … Continue reading →

Crime and Punishment is one of Russian author (yes, of course, why wouldn’t I be reading a Russian novel) Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s most famous novels. As the title says it deals with the concepts of Crime and Punishment and who deserves punishment, … Continue reading →

In this satirical book, Gideon Defoe spins a zany tale around the nefarious (mostly misguided) Pirate Captain and his equally comedic band of pirates, each with their own distinct name. This installment in the series sees the Pirate Captain and … Continue reading →