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:confused:I tried to start a thread in the site management forum but was not permitted. :sad:This is a complaint about recent blog entries by someone promoting a freelance writers site. He is looking for business. Further, the man is illiterate, as shown by his entries. I enjoy the blogs...

Have I done something I was not conscious of doing? Formerly, when I visited the Blogs, they were listed with those with new entries at the top of the list. I could quickly check whether there was anything new I wanted to read. Now what I see is a list of blogs, apparently in order by number...

My copy is a paperback with an English translation by Thomas P. Whitney, copyright 1968. Is anyone reading this in Russian? I am 50 pages in (through Chapter 9) and find I am in the hands of a story-teller with a firm touch. He sets the problem in the first chapter with a frustrated attempt...

I always sniffed at the idea of a graphic novel (adult comic book). I didn't need pictures to tell me a story. Now I'm moderating my opinion. The reason? I have started the Age of Bronz series by Eric Shawnower. When complete, there will be 7 books devoted to the Trojan War. The first, A...

After my disappointing with Proust and his lost time, I recently came upon a volume of Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time. The Dance is a set of 12 related novels set in England from before WWI through WWII. I started in the middle with #6. Now I am going back to the beginning and am...

Mohandas Gandhi is on my mind because I have recently been preparing for a course centered on his life and times. I am finding that the books I am using fall into several categories. 1. Books by Gandhi himself, like his autobiography and his book about health practices. 2. General books...