Dec 01 2008
Give Me a Good Book
We seem to be settling into winter here in the Northeastern quadrant of the United States a little early this year. That’s not all bad. One of the advantages of this time of year is that I will have more time to pursue one of my big goals in terms of things I want to accomplish before I die.
This time, my goal is to further my pursuit of reading some of the great classics novels of literature. Relative to most of my friends and acquaintances, I am fairly well read. But there are still some truly great works I would like to claim as part of my reading list. I’m trying to find a totally different genre to dip into this time. I have read a large selection of great American and English authors: Faulkner, Hemingway, Twain, etc. I have read a great deal of the classic French authors as well: Voltaire, Camus, Hugo, Balzac, Simenon, etc.
I want to strike out in another direction this year. I’m open to suggestions. Drop an e-mail with your suggestions of classic writers that have inspired you and given you new eyes with which to view the world.
