Waywords Book Reviews
Quick Takes on My Reading SteveAtWaywords on Storygraph Steve Chisnell on GoodreadsEver since I retired from the public school classroom, I have voraciously been consuming titles new and those I regretted missing. And in keeping with my goals, I want to find the value of the widest range of reading. Here are many, rating them based upon their own purpose or ambition.
“The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.”
–Oscar Wilde
Quoted in Oscar Wilde, Art and Morality: A Defence of “The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Stuart Mason (ed.) (1908)
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Purple and Black by K J Parker
Brief epistolary fantasy with Parker’s inevitable twists and commentaries; all harmless fun.
“Dracula” (Daily) by Bram Stoker
Reading “Dracula” in emails sent chronologically and in sync with the novel’s calendar is a unique experience and worth the time!
“Literature from the Axis of Evil” by Words Without Borders
A unique and vital anthology of rare writers from countries the West has isolated.
“Literature from the Axis of Evil”
My five stars are for the writers themselves who, whether resident or cast about in some political diaspora, chose to write despite, chose to write because of, chose to write in defiance of, chose to write to process their experiences . . .
Sacred Book of the Werewolf by Victor Pelevin
Pelevin’s adult fantasy is a potent critique of Russia and human psychology, sometimes eclipsing the story itself.
“Carmilla” by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Probably a favorite of the vampire genre, ranking with Salem’s Lot but more credible!