Hello Everyone,
this is a post from Philip, down here at the University of Oregon. I will probably be writing about some books and movies that I have read/seen recently, or maybe about some content from my classwork.
To get things started, I just finished the novel "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides. It was very good; a Greek-American epic that culminates in 1970's middle America, but begins in Smyrna in the '20's. (7.5/10)
Yesterday I started the novel "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole, and so far it is excellent. It is irreverent, witty, local, and fast-paced. The protagonist is a completely disgusting character named Ignatius who writes on legal pads and whines to his mother about his "valve," and is a complete glutton. So far, so good!
Well I'll be adding my two-cents in the future (I have a formidable stack of books to wade through, but I also have a lot of time with which to do it...no TV!) so check back for more 'book crumbs.'