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January 06, 2008
Beowulf and other books
I finished Beowulf yesterday. It was surprisingly good and readable, better than I expected from a thousand-year-old epic tale of warriors and monsters. The translator from Old English, Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney, likely deserves much of the credit. I posted a fuller review here.
I've been going kind of nuts with my book reviews lately. Early last year I started keeping a book diary. Every time I finish a book, I record my thoughts and impressions. Recently, I discovered Goodreads, a web site dedicated to tracking and talking about books. I've set up a profile, and transferred a lot of my book diary entries here. It's cheesy, but the prospect of sharing what I think about what I'm reading has actually inspired me to read more.
Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at January 6, 2008 08:00 PM