Posts

Showing posts from February, 2026

The 43rd Spin!

Image
Huzzah, it's time for the 43rd Spin!   You know the rules, so let's get to the list:   Eichmann in Jerusalem, by Hannah Arendt Two Years Before the Mast, by Richard Henry Dana  Amerika, by Kafka The Leopard, by di Lampedusa  Phineas Finn, by Anthony Trollope The Well at the End of the World, by William Morris The Tale of Sinhue (ancient Egyptian poetry) Stories of Washington Irving Life and Fate, by Vasily Grossman (this would be quite a feat!)  The Poetic Edda   The Law and the Lady, by Wilkie Collins It is Acceptable (Det Gaar An), C. J. L. Almqvist   The Obedience of a Christian Man, by William Tyndale The Once and Future King, by T. H. White Peter the Great's African, by Pushkin Lives, by Plutarch (vol I) Sybil, by Disraeli Polyhistor Solinus    Folktales collected by Afanas'ev (vol I of 3)   Sagas of Icelanders (aiming for 50% by the due date)  My preference would be Polyhistor, Poetic Edda, or the sagas.  Or the fairy ta...