#michael cabon

Just as the title says, here's a list/rating of my favourite to least favourite Pulitzer Prize winning books (of those I have read).

Note: I am rating these books solely on an emotional scale based on how strongly I connected with each book.

#1. The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt (one of my favourite books OF ALL TIME)

#2. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon

#3. All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doer

#4. The Colour Purple, by Alice Walker

#5. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

#6. Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides

#7. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy

#8. The Orphan Master’s Son, by Adam Johnson

 One of my New School Year Resolutions is to read as many Pulitzers between this fall and the next as possible (an idea spawned pretty much out of absolute boredom and need for a pet-project). It’ll be interesting to see how this list changes throughout the next 12 months, and when I’m finally finished I’ll create a much more detailed one describing what I do/don’t like about each book! 

Casanova Acedia #5  -  Out Today, 06/01/16

Anyone who's ever been to Lena's and my apartment knows that our entire color scheme derives from the Yiddish Policemen's Union poster in our living room.* Looking at that poster the other day, I decided to try to draw a little street scene from Chabon's Ashkenazi Alaska. I haven't read the book in a long time, so there might be things wrong or things missing. In any case, it was a fun exercise, and it's always nice to get to write a little Yiddish. Anyway, I guess what I'm saying is, Happy Hanukkah!