On my dream (read: would-love-to-but-already-have-too-many-other-commitments-and-so-don't-have-enough-time-for-these-additions-to-the-list) summer reading list, there are the following books:
The G.K. Chesterton Biography. I mean, who wouldn't want to know more about the man who gave us such witty literary gems as:
"Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."
and
"Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously."
and
"The word "good" has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man."
right?!?
I want to read pretty much every book on Madame Fromage's Cheese-Reading List. She sure knows the way to my cheese-and-book-loving heart!
This book has been mentioned on a couple of other blogs, but it wasn't until I read Jamie's review on Charmingly Ordinary, that I decided I for sure wanted to read it.
Looking back over today's list, I realize that there isn't any fiction (except for the Bulgakov on Mme. Fromage's list). What do you think--fiction: for or against? (or ambivilant?) I know what our friend Chesterton would say:
"Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity."
— G.K. Chesterton
— G.K. Chesterton
Do you agree?
