William Golding’s The Lord of the Flies (1954)

2014-03-09T19:49:29-04:00

William Golding's The Lord of the Flies (1954) This was the last of my four reads for Dewey's Read-a-Thon, so if you are one of the many people who complain about having had to read The Lord of the Flies in school, just imagine reading it for the first time in

William Golding’s The Lord of the Flies (1954)2014-03-09T19:49:29-04:00

Oprah Bookclub, 1954

2014-02-27T19:17:23-05:00

If Oprah had had a bookclub in 1954, she would have chosen Ethel Wilson's Swamp Angel. And I say this because, despite the ongoing debate amongst booklovers about the significance of Oprah's Bookclub, she has featured many of my favourite writers (e.g. Jane Hamilton, Ursula Hegi, Rohinton Mistry, Barbara Kingsolver,

Oprah Bookclub, 19542014-02-27T19:17:23-05:00
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