Hello...its been a while, I haven't been reading all that much lately--I think

 

I started reading the play Othello on August 13. I had seen a freelance writing gig job posting asking for essay writers for a writing blog and to apply I had to analyze this play. Since I had never actually read this play I decided to do so, but alas I never did end up writing the analysis. I did read the entire play, which was a pretty swift read and engaging. I avoid saying entertaining because I simply was not entertained by the maliciousness of Iago.

Ah, this book. What a read! So delightful! I took this book on a recommendation about a year ago, but didn't actually read it till this September. I haven't finished reading it because of school and exams and other pesky things like that, but I did get about halfway through and what a delicious read it is!

 I only read the first chapter of this book one Friday morning in October when I felt fed up with life and the constant busyness of school and the realization that I hadn't read anything in a while. Alas, I have very little to say about this except that it seemed promising.
Also I love these red and black book editions, though I can't recall what company issues them. I remember that the copy of Nicholas Nickleby I attempted to read was also of this lovely shade of burgundy. What an elegant-looking book.

 We have arrived at last to the one book I both completed reading and actually enjoyed (unlike  Othello). Well, its not a book really, I suppose. It's more a play. Well it is a play. So is Othello. But the two couldn't be more different. Early in this month, I had just finished a brutal Biochemistry exam and needed something to cleanse the palate of my mind with, something refreshing and humorous. So off I went into the annals of google and asked the question: funny classic books to read. And this came up. To be honest, I saw much more appealing pitches of other books but alas my library has  such a pitiful collection of books none of the other books which piqued my interest were available. I could interLibrary Loan them but by the time they arrived my fervor for reading them would have passed. I needed something NOW and this book turned out to be that something.

Oh my dear Algernon, you impishly clever rogue you, how swiftly you stole my heart! If you don't believe me, just listen to these fine samples of his devilish fun!

"My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree!"

"I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why one may be accepted. Then all the excitement is over. The very essence of  romance is uncertainty. If I ever get married, I'll certainly try to forget the fact."