How's Every Little Thing?

Week 27 saw profits. $6.52 to be exact, which brings the year's total to . . . $793.57.

The past six days I was in the Upper Peninsula at my mom's house for the holiday. While there, I finished a very good book by Katherine Anne Porter called The Leaning Tower and Other Stories. I'd heard a lot about her, but had read very little. I didn't really care for the first three or four stories in the book because they struck me as character sketches . . . or they were just so subtle that I didn't get them. However, other stories like "The Grave," "A Day's Work," "The Leaning Tower," and "The Downward Path to Wisdom" were excellent, and I can understand why she was so admired. Her characters are very well drawn, and she should be studied for her ability to give her characters both flaws and strengths. "The Downward Path to Wisdom" is a perfect example of her ability to make a reader like and dislike all of the characters simultaneously. Soon, I plan to read her book Ship of Fools.







Before I get to Ship of Fools (or maybe Pale Horse/Pale Rider), I'm going to finish The Women on the Wall by Wallace Stegner. It's a collection of short stories, and so far I have really liked the first three. Stegner does a very good job of starting the story in motion and letting the reader discover what's happening. He brings the reader along for the ride, and trusts his skill enough to let the back story be slowly and subtly revealed.