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[just a little side note: we're still in the book-a-day blog advent to thanksgiving. thanks for books!] my vivid mental image of the war in heaven, the fall of satan, and the subsequent fall of adam and eve all stem from john milton’s epic poem. milton gives satan depth of character. he gives voice to adam’s, and [...] elmer elevator runs away from home with an old alley cat. the story also involves two dozen pink lollipops, a fine tooth comb, and other such useful things. need i say more? i’m not talking about any watered down, commercialized, cartoonized winnie-the-pooh, i’m talking about the bona fide genuine bear from a. a. milne. winnie the pooh’s goodness and wit still charm me. you can identify with this sort of bear, it was a warm day, and he had a long way to go. he hadn’t gone more [...] i pulled this gentle introduction to the works of thomas hardy off my father’s shelves in high school. i couldn’t put it down. and have since toted this very copy with me across the world. i’ve never wanted to go anywhere without bathsheba everdene. she is another spunk-filled, independent, chaos causing woman. [i wonder what an [...] my mom still can’t read this book out loud without crying. apparently it’s hereditary. i’m only one of four (not one of 21), but i still imagined my mother as heroic as the bunny mother in this story. it’s an easter story. even an easter story about bunnies. but it manages, in its simple way, to capture [...] |
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