Top Ten Books, Footnote on a Diploma, Lowest Common Denominator of Lists

I was recently tagged on Facebook with the task of listing ten books that changed me or affected me or that were my favorites. Something like that. I’ve seen variations of this challenge go around, and so while wondering how I could possibly limit myself to ten books, I came across an article by Alexis Read More …

No 10: 51 Sentences, Elephant, In Touch With Life, Graham Swift

Last month, I came across a link to an article on Buzzfeed that was a collection of reader-submitted suggestions for what are the best sentences in literature, and what can I say, curiosity got the better of me so I clicked through knowing all the while that I’d be disappointed. It’s inevitable from such lists. Read More …