I first heard of this book several years ago from watching a BBC mini-series based on the book. I loved the story but soon forgot about it until I saw a copy of the novel at a library book sale. I finally decided to read it (and listen to it) this year as part of …
Tag: Literature
Poetry: Shakespeare – Sonnet 116
Let me not to the marriage of true mindsAdmit impediments. Love is not loveWhich alters when it alteration finds,Or bends with the remover to remove.O no! it is an ever-fixed markThat looks on tempests and is never shaken;It is the star to every wand'ring bark,Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.Love's not Time's fool, …
Poetry: Homer – The Odyssey
"...he wept as he held the wife he loved, the soul of loyalty, in his arms at last."
Review: Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
Check out this brief book on the (ignored) history of the English language. We have a pretty amazing language. Best of all, you’ll get a kick out of this engaging read.
Thoughts on The Iliad
This story is gritty, engaging, and awe-inspiring. It is a lesson full of warnings. It is history in action. And for all this, it should still be among the great works that we all read and learn from.
Madelyn Rose Craig 