My literary journey through history is inching ever closer to the 21st century, and this month I visited (through books) the 1970s. Though this decade is closer than all the previous ones to my own life experience (obviously), I feel like it’s the decade I know the least about. When I turn my brain to… Continue Reading
As hard as it is to believe, we are down to the final third of 2017, which means that my 2017 Reading Challenge journey through literary history is inching closer to the 21st century. This month’s challenge was to read a book written during the 1960s. The “turbulent but creative 1960s” were an outward expression… Continue Reading
My journey through literary history has taken me into the 1950s. Thanks to television and movies, and to having parents who were born in the ’50s, I feel as though I have a better understanding of this decade than previous ones. When I think about the 1950s, I envision a fun, carefree era dominated by… Continue Reading
If you’ve been following along with my 2017 Reading Challenge, you’ll notice that we’ve approached the year’s halfway point. We (well, I) read through the Victorian era, the turn of the century, the first World War, the Roaring 20s, and the Great Depression, and now we’ve arrived in the 1940s. The defining event of the decade was,… Continue Reading
As you know, my personal reading challenge this year is to branch out of my comfort zone (contemporary novels) to read some books that are a little less current. So far, I’ve read books from the late 1800s through the 1920s, and this his month I’ve arrived in the 1930s. The defining aspect of the… Continue Reading
I’m a third of the way through my 2017 Reading Challenge, journeying through literature of the twentieth century, and I’ve arrived in the 1920s. I’ve always been fascinated by the Roaring 20s. Digital History has this to say about the decade: “It was a decade of prosperity and dissipation, and of jazz bands, bootleggers, raccoon… Continue Reading
My 2017 Reading Challenge has taken me into the second decade of the twentieth century. The 1910s were a pivotal time for our nation and the rest of the world. Many countries were wracked by civil war and political unrest, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in 1914 led to the outbreak… Continue Reading
I’m only two months into this year’s reading challenge, but it’s already been a very eye-opening and perspective-shifting experience! Since publication dates are the driving force behind my monthly book selections, I’m paying more attention to when books are written. I expected this to happen with my challenge books, but this heightened awareness has transferred… Continue Reading
One of my favorite time wasters life enhancing activities is exploring random topics on Wikipedia. In preparing for this year’s reading challenge of walking through literary history, I decided to look up “History of Literature” and was treated to more than I ever needed to know on the subject. According to the site, the history… Continue Reading
It’s no secret that books play a prominent role in my life. Books serve as my favorite form of entertainment, my primary source of information, and a fountain of inspiration for nearly every aspect of my life. Books are a diversion, but they are also so much more than that, and I take my reading… Continue Reading