I majored in literature with an unofficial minor in music. (I'm one credit shy of a music minor; I can read music like I read books--hearing the sounds in my head like the voices of the characters...is that so strange)?

We The Living: Ayn Rand, because no book has ever made me cry so hard Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand, because no book has ever challenged the way I view people so much Pillars of the Earth: Ken Follett, because there is no book as epic and riveting The Road: Cormac McCarthy, because there's no other book ...

who to choose, who to choose????!!!
perhaps the narrator from "the Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman....
perhaps Jonathan Strange from "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell" by Susanna Clarke...
there are so many more...
perhaps, perhaps, perhaps...

A friend of a friend gave me Dangerous Angels to read fairly recently. It's been something of an eye-opener for me, but not in any way I would ever have expected. Apparently, I'm something of a snob about literature. Dangerous Angels is aptly described as "a sensualist's paradise." While I...

At long last, I've found a place to challenge my brain and keep all those years and classes and papers and books looking sharp--to keep the critical reading side of my brain from collecting dust. It's amazing what just one year out of school will do to the brain! About me: I graduated cum laude from...