This blog is devoted to what I’m reading – current reads are here on the home page – then I’ll put a review into the appropriate month.  I’ll try to keep them numbered but it’s not really important.  Categorized would be nice –  fiction,  non-fiction, detective,  audio, etc.   There’s a better schedule under the “Upcoming” page listed above.

So … right now I’m reading

The Saga of Gosta Berling by Selma Lagerlof – 1898

Largerlof won the Nobel Prize for Literature back in 1909.  This book is very strange – it’s like a mythology retold.  Apparently Lagerlof wanted to preserve her memory of the homeplace and the stories her grandmother told her.   The story is about 12 Cavaliers (soldiers) who live free at the estate of the Majoress.  The time frame is 1820s,  the place is central Sweden.  Gosta Berling, a defrocked drunken priest,  is their leader.  They have adventures with the devil, fall in love,  and so on –  I’m only about 1/3 through.  Rereading is very revealing.

I’m also reading (listening to) The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom – 2010 –

This is turning out better than I thought it would – An young Irish orphan becomes the indentured servant of a southern plantation owner.