classics

I Finally Read the Hunchback of Notre Dame

It took me a long time to get around to The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo. Just looking at it from my desk, I knew that it was one of those books where a perfectly good story gets interrupted occasionally by hundreds of pages about agrarian reform. I was wrong, but if you [...]

January 18, 2012 READ MORE →

Who Wrote Moby Dick?

Breaking out the notebook of library questions I have not yet answered on the blog. Who wrote Moby Dick? is next in line. Herman Melville wrote Moby Dick. It’s a very strange book, and doesn’t exactly (or only, maybe) tell the story that most people think it does: that of Captain Ahab chasing a white [...]

October 18, 2011 READ MORE →

Poll: Classic Books Worth Reading?

Books. We’re always talking about them on World’s Strongest Librarian and yesterday was a pretty fun discussion about books we hated. As I looked through everyone’s comments I noticed that certain classics usually pop up on more than one person’s list. What makes a book a classic? The fact that it is old? I have [...]

November 4, 2010 READ MORE →

Looking For Something Demented? Read Pinocchio!

Home By Carlo Collodi Pinocchio, AKA Deranged Exploits Of The Bloodthirsty Twig-Lord is not the story you think it is. Do you remember the movie? When You Wish Upon A Star? Lots of soft-shoe and lessons learned? Oh ho ho, step right up into the pages of Carlo Collodi’s deviant masterpiece (which I love, by [...]

April 24, 2009 READ MORE →