Yaaaaaay, the really truly beautiful ending! One of the greatest moments in English writing to describe humanism and love and all good things. If you have read the whole book, I recommend skipping to this discussion, and then going back to the other two, because really the ending dominates all.
Continue readingTag Archives: Kipling
DCIB Book Club: Kim! The Middle Bit! Chapter 6 Through 10!
Woot, some of you are actually promising to try re-reading and following along with me! So we will see if this post gets comments. Even if it doesn’t, I am still happy because I just love talking about this book.
Continue readingDCIB Book Club: Kim! By Kipling! First 5 Chapters!
This may just be me talking to myself, but I don’t care. I love love love this book, and I know it is Orientalist, but it’s also loving and well-written and a vision of India from someone who actually lived in India, and loved India, during that time period.
Continue readingDCIB Book Club November 13th: Kipling’s Kim! A Book About India by a Man Who Loved India, and Also the British, 5 Chapters at a Time!
I have been considering doing this book for DCIB Book Club for ages. I’ve avoided it because a) Kipling was a colonist, and b) the book is slightly long for a book club pick. But I’ve decided we are smart enough to deal with the complications of Kipling’s relationship to India, and I’ll just break it into 3 parts.
Continue readingWednesday Watching Post: What Are You Reading and Watching and Thinking and Listening To This Week?
Happy Wednesday! Last full day of work this week, WOO-HOO! And then I have a day and a half off to….hang out with my parents and play board games? That actually sounds really nice.
Continue reading