Literature
Card Drawn: 7 of Hearts.
Since I don't really have much to say about this short-story other than it was medicore and completely forgettable, I made a meme instead that sums it up. Here's some interesting facts: not only was Morley Callaghan from my Canadian hometown but he was also good friends with Ernest Hemingway back in the day. Pretty cool.
- Deal Me In Challenge: A&p By John Updike
Card Drawn: 3 of Spades. One might think that my luck has run out for drawing another 'short-story anthology card' from the deck but lo and behold, it actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Ladies and gentleman, I am proud to announce...
- Deal Me In Challenge: Ray By Guy Vanderhaeghe
Card Drawn: Ace of Hearts Guy Vanderhaege strikes me as a humble and sincere type of writer, someone who exhibits quiet restraint with a penchant for intimate portraits of human relationships. Perhaps such observations are presumptuous on my part; since,...
- Deal Me In Challenge: 2br02b By Kurt Vonnegut
Card Drawn: Ace of Clubs. 2BR02B. That is the question... Is that not an awesome title or what? I couldn't have picked a better card from the deck to start the Deal Me in Challenge. Kurt Vonnegut is one of those authors that I have been meaning to...
- Top Ten Tuesday: The Top Ten Most Difficult Books I Have Read...or How I Learned To Avoid Ulysses
Yikes, I can't believe it's Tuesday again! Where does the time go? Soon Christmas will be around the corner. I've been meaning to post some more reviews last week but work has kept me quite busy and any free time has been spent, well,...
- The Old Man And The Sea By Ernest Hemingway
?It's silly not to hope. It's a sin he thought.? It took me a while to warm up to Ernest Hemingway but after finishing The Sun also Rises and now The Old Man and the Sea, I can see why he is held in high regard. After several negative reactions...
Literature
Deal Me in Challenge: Let Me Promise You by Morley Callaghan
Card Drawn: 7 of Hearts.
Since I don't really have much to say about this short-story other than it was medicore and completely forgettable, I made a meme instead that sums it up. Here's some interesting facts: not only was Morley Callaghan from my Canadian hometown but he was also good friends with Ernest Hemingway back in the day. Pretty cool.
- Deal Me In Challenge: A&p By John Updike
Card Drawn: 3 of Spades. One might think that my luck has run out for drawing another 'short-story anthology card' from the deck but lo and behold, it actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Ladies and gentleman, I am proud to announce...
- Deal Me In Challenge: Ray By Guy Vanderhaeghe
Card Drawn: Ace of Hearts Guy Vanderhaege strikes me as a humble and sincere type of writer, someone who exhibits quiet restraint with a penchant for intimate portraits of human relationships. Perhaps such observations are presumptuous on my part; since,...
- Deal Me In Challenge: 2br02b By Kurt Vonnegut
Card Drawn: Ace of Clubs. 2BR02B. That is the question... Is that not an awesome title or what? I couldn't have picked a better card from the deck to start the Deal Me in Challenge. Kurt Vonnegut is one of those authors that I have been meaning to...
- Top Ten Tuesday: The Top Ten Most Difficult Books I Have Read...or How I Learned To Avoid Ulysses
Yikes, I can't believe it's Tuesday again! Where does the time go? Soon Christmas will be around the corner. I've been meaning to post some more reviews last week but work has kept me quite busy and any free time has been spent, well,...
- The Old Man And The Sea By Ernest Hemingway
?It's silly not to hope. It's a sin he thought.? It took me a while to warm up to Ernest Hemingway but after finishing The Sun also Rises and now The Old Man and the Sea, I can see why he is held in high regard. After several negative reactions...