{"id":30871,"date":"2026-04-22T17:07:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?page_id=30871"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:11:11","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-small-font-size\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"220\" data-attachment-id=\"20947\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/header-2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Header-2-1-e1493098728843.jpg?fit=929%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"929,200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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class=\"sbi-screenreader\">I\u2019m absolutely loving getting better prepared to t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<svg class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-clone fa-w-16 sbi_lightbox_carousel_icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Clone\" data-fa-pro\u0192cessed=\"\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"clone\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\">\n                    <path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M464 0H144c-26.51 0-48 21.49-48 48v48H48c-26.51 0-48 21.49-48 48v320c0 26.51 21.49 48 48 48h320c26.51 0 48-21.49 48-48v-48h48c26.51 0 48-21.49 48-48V48c0-26.51-21.49-48-48-48zM362 464H54a6 6 0 0 1-6-6V150a6 6 0 0 1 6-6h42v224c0 26.51 21.49 48 48 48h224v42a6 6 0 0 1-6 6zm96-96H150a6 6 0 0 1-6-6V54a6 6 0 0 1 6-6h308a6 6 0 0 1 6 6v308a6 6 0 0 1-6 6z\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/plugins\/instagram-feed\/img\/placeholder.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"I\u2019m absolutely loving getting better prepared to talk about Faulkner in June with @bibliopaul for our next author focused episode. I\u2019ve been intimidated by The Sound and the Fury for years and years. This particular edition, I see, was given to me by my parents for Christmas in 2001 (thanks Mom and Dad!), and so it\u2019s made its way around my shelves for just shy of a quarter century. \n\nBut no regrets. I\u2019m so glad I finally read this. That\u2019s not quite the right word. I\u2019m glad it finally experienced this. Because perhaps more than any other book I\u2019ve ever read, The Sound and the Fury was an experience. \n\nFor the first section, I had no real idea what was going on. The story is told through a stream-of-consciousness narrative by Benjy Compson, who moves from past to present often without much indication of the shift. Things are happening around him, but we (like him) cannot capture it fully. I found the raw immediacy surprisingly emotional.\n\nWe get to understand the story in more detail in the next two sections, told by his two brothers, Quentin (on his last day on earth) and the deeply unlikable Jason. The final section goes to a third-person narrator, which probably helps clear plot points up, but the parts that stay with me are the three brothers. Somehow Faulkner made those sections terrifyingly real as they often fussed about their family, in particular their sister Caddy.\n\nI\u2019m looking forward to more. 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Of course, if you haven\u2019t, his three novels that are out from @coffeehousepress right now. Also, two (almost three) short pieces in @southwest_review can help mitigate your Haber hunger. #MarkHaber #Literature #BookReel #CoffeeHousePress #SouthwestReview\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"sbi_item sbi_type_video sbi_new sbi_transition\"\n\tid=\"sbi_18054522650495646\" data-date=\"1776344638\">\n\t<div class=\"sbi_photo_wrap\">\n\t\t<a class=\"sbi_photo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DXMYn8bjuNk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"\n\t\t\tdata-full-res=\"https:\/\/scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com\/v\/t51.82787-15\/671659865_18572344081002028_7544966355672886298_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&#038;_nc_cat=105&#038;ccb=7-5&#038;_nc_sid=18de74&#038;efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0xJUFMuYmVzdF9pbWFnZV91cmxnZW4uQzMifQ%3D%3D&#038;_nc_ohc=2K5k__r19mAQ7kNvwEcLu8H&#038;_nc_oc=AdpDZNCmx1dFVl0mjTUyIXpij4k1PwmkizfLeT_lTcv3nOlCbDya65L5Kn3CXj7zP7g&#038;_nc_zt=23&#038;_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com&#038;edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&#038;_nc_gid=DaFSVdfDtEY3W_1wGRkzOA&#038;_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQGKxlKT_JQutr_XAB1d_AhBINQxLX52eOZXNvjkKOk2n9eRplLJaVv0FUmpxWDRahMXjvaISZJSGg&#038;oh=00_Af2-pPVXeL4-4TzpOPMzvPkzyPnJhDr1fYPqjB64FPSrGQ&#038;oe=69EFB158\"\n\t\t\tdata-img-src-set=\"{&quot;d&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com\\\/v\\\/t51.82787-15\\\/671659865_18572344081002028_7544966355672886298_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=7-5&amp;_nc_sid=18de74&amp;efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0xJUFMuYmVzdF9pbWFnZV91cmxnZW4uQzMifQ%3D%3D&amp;_nc_ohc=2K5k__r19mAQ7kNvwEcLu8H&amp;_nc_oc=AdpDZNCmx1dFVl0mjTUyIXpij4k1PwmkizfLeT_lTcv3nOlCbDya65L5Kn3CXj7zP7g&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com&amp;edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&amp;_nc_gid=DaFSVdfDtEY3W_1wGRkzOA&amp;_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQGKxlKT_JQutr_XAB1d_AhBINQxLX52eOZXNvjkKOk2n9eRplLJaVv0FUmpxWDRahMXjvaISZJSGg&amp;oh=00_Af2-pPVXeL4-4TzpOPMzvPkzyPnJhDr1fYPqjB64FPSrGQ&amp;oe=69EFB158&quot;,&quot;150&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com\\\/v\\\/t51.82787-15\\\/671659865_18572344081002028_7544966355672886298_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=7-5&amp;_nc_sid=18de74&amp;efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0xJUFMuYmVzdF9pbWFnZV91cmxnZW4uQzMifQ%3D%3D&amp;_nc_ohc=2K5k__r19mAQ7kNvwEcLu8H&amp;_nc_oc=AdpDZNCmx1dFVl0mjTUyIXpij4k1PwmkizfLeT_lTcv3nOlCbDya65L5Kn3CXj7zP7g&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com&amp;edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&amp;_nc_gid=DaFSVdfDtEY3W_1wGRkzOA&amp;_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQGKxlKT_JQutr_XAB1d_AhBINQxLX52eOZXNvjkKOk2n9eRplLJaVv0FUmpxWDRahMXjvaISZJSGg&amp;oh=00_Af2-pPVXeL4-4TzpOPMzvPkzyPnJhDr1fYPqjB64FPSrGQ&amp;oe=69EFB158&quot;,&quot;320&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com\\\/v\\\/t51.82787-15\\\/671659865_18572344081002028_7544966355672886298_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=7-5&amp;_nc_sid=18de74&amp;efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0xJUFMuYmVzdF9pbWFnZV91cmxnZW4uQzMifQ%3D%3D&amp;_nc_ohc=2K5k__r19mAQ7kNvwEcLu8H&amp;_nc_oc=AdpDZNCmx1dFVl0mjTUyIXpij4k1PwmkizfLeT_lTcv3nOlCbDya65L5Kn3CXj7zP7g&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com&amp;edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&amp;_nc_gid=DaFSVdfDtEY3W_1wGRkzOA&amp;_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQGKxlKT_JQutr_XAB1d_AhBINQxLX52eOZXNvjkKOk2n9eRplLJaVv0FUmpxWDRahMXjvaISZJSGg&amp;oh=00_Af2-pPVXeL4-4TzpOPMzvPkzyPnJhDr1fYPqjB64FPSrGQ&amp;oe=69EFB158&quot;,&quot;640&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com\\\/v\\\/t51.82787-15\\\/671659865_18572344081002028_7544966355672886298_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=7-5&amp;_nc_sid=18de74&amp;efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0xJUFMuYmVzdF9pbWFnZV91cmxnZW4uQzMifQ%3D%3D&amp;_nc_ohc=2K5k__r19mAQ7kNvwEcLu8H&amp;_nc_oc=AdpDZNCmx1dFVl0mjTUyIXpij4k1PwmkizfLeT_lTcv3nOlCbDya65L5Kn3CXj7zP7g&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com&amp;edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&amp;_nc_gid=DaFSVdfDtEY3W_1wGRkzOA&amp;_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQGKxlKT_JQutr_XAB1d_AhBINQxLX52eOZXNvjkKOk2n9eRplLJaVv0FUmpxWDRahMXjvaISZJSGg&amp;oh=00_Af2-pPVXeL4-4TzpOPMzvPkzyPnJhDr1fYPqjB64FPSrGQ&amp;oe=69EFB158&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sbi-screenreader\">Episode 130 is up! Here @bibliopaul and I start a <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg style=\"color: rgba(255,255,255,1)\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-play fa-w-14 sbi_playbtn\" aria-label=\"Play\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-fa-processed=\"\" data-prefix=\"fa\" data-icon=\"play\" role=\"presentation\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M424.4 214.7L72.4 6.6C43.8-10.3 0 6.1 0 47.9V464c0 37.5 40.7 60.1 72.4 41.3l352-208c31.4-18.5 31.5-64.1 0-82.6z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/plugins\/instagram-feed\/img\/placeholder.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Episode 130 is up! Here @bibliopaul and I start a short three-part series on beginnings, middles, and ends! #BookReel #ReadingPodcast #BookPodcast\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"sbi_item sbi_type_image sbi_new sbi_transition\"\n\tid=\"sbi_18034298459602893\" data-date=\"1776288033\">\n\t<div class=\"sbi_photo_wrap\">\n\t\t<a class=\"sbi_photo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXKsvLvEkLN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"\n\t\t\tdata-full-res=\"https:\/\/scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com\/v\/t51.82787-15\/670405835_18572197741002028_1630999913127143811_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&#038;_nc_cat=105&#038;ccb=7-5&#038;_nc_sid=18de74&#038;efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&#038;_nc_ohc=H5vDRXORHoMQ7kNvwF5KqVL&#038;_nc_oc=AdolDUocn3bOfvIdqTXUh3gRLruAZcspFlXgx3RHRUIzyZ8_wg1LLBmVDkZv0i-gz-g&#038;_nc_zt=23&#038;_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com&#038;edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&#038;_nc_gid=DaFSVdfDtEY3W_1wGRkzOA&#038;_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQFvze8YKbvvd9w8hpXfVeEueyWN6Svy7PLQbd1Oa-BzAH58FWO-GWw_1t6H-kUz16N0PCdEkHR00g&#038;oh=00_Af0SWjFUGt8Q5byhBk7E-PxItfEHcEFiyQq9RtulBcSl9w&#038;oe=69EFC8E7\"\n\t\t\tdata-img-src-set=\"{&quot;d&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com\\\/v\\\/t51.82787-15\\\/670405835_18572197741002028_1630999913127143811_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=7-5&amp;_nc_sid=18de74&amp;efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&amp;_nc_ohc=H5vDRXORHoMQ7kNvwF5KqVL&amp;_nc_oc=AdolDUocn3bOfvIdqTXUh3gRLruAZcspFlXgx3RHRUIzyZ8_wg1LLBmVDkZv0i-gz-g&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com&amp;edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&amp;_nc_gid=DaFSVdfDtEY3W_1wGRkzOA&amp;_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQFvze8YKbvvd9w8hpXfVeEueyWN6Svy7PLQbd1Oa-BzAH58FWO-GWw_1t6H-kUz16N0PCdEkHR00g&amp;oh=00_Af0SWjFUGt8Q5byhBk7E-PxItfEHcEFiyQq9RtulBcSl9w&amp;oe=69EFC8E7&quot;,&quot;150&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com\\\/v\\\/t51.82787-15\\\/670405835_18572197741002028_1630999913127143811_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=7-5&amp;_nc_sid=18de74&amp;efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&amp;_nc_ohc=H5vDRXORHoMQ7kNvwF5KqVL&amp;_nc_oc=AdolDUocn3bOfvIdqTXUh3gRLruAZcspFlXgx3RHRUIzyZ8_wg1LLBmVDkZv0i-gz-g&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com&amp;edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&amp;_nc_gid=DaFSVdfDtEY3W_1wGRkzOA&amp;_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQFvze8YKbvvd9w8hpXfVeEueyWN6Svy7PLQbd1Oa-BzAH58FWO-GWw_1t6H-kUz16N0PCdEkHR00g&amp;oh=00_Af0SWjFUGt8Q5byhBk7E-PxItfEHcEFiyQq9RtulBcSl9w&amp;oe=69EFC8E7&quot;,&quot;320&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com\\\/v\\\/t51.82787-15\\\/670405835_18572197741002028_1630999913127143811_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=7-5&amp;_nc_sid=18de74&amp;efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&amp;_nc_ohc=H5vDRXORHoMQ7kNvwF5KqVL&amp;_nc_oc=AdolDUocn3bOfvIdqTXUh3gRLruAZcspFlXgx3RHRUIzyZ8_wg1LLBmVDkZv0i-gz-g&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com&amp;edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&amp;_nc_gid=DaFSVdfDtEY3W_1wGRkzOA&amp;_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQFvze8YKbvvd9w8hpXfVeEueyWN6Svy7PLQbd1Oa-BzAH58FWO-GWw_1t6H-kUz16N0PCdEkHR00g&amp;oh=00_Af0SWjFUGt8Q5byhBk7E-PxItfEHcEFiyQq9RtulBcSl9w&amp;oe=69EFC8E7&quot;,&quot;640&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com\\\/v\\\/t51.82787-15\\\/670405835_18572197741002028_1630999913127143811_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=7-5&amp;_nc_sid=18de74&amp;efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&amp;_nc_ohc=H5vDRXORHoMQ7kNvwF5KqVL&amp;_nc_oc=AdolDUocn3bOfvIdqTXUh3gRLruAZcspFlXgx3RHRUIzyZ8_wg1LLBmVDkZv0i-gz-g&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com&amp;edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&amp;_nc_gid=DaFSVdfDtEY3W_1wGRkzOA&amp;_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQFvze8YKbvvd9w8hpXfVeEueyWN6Svy7PLQbd1Oa-BzAH58FWO-GWw_1t6H-kUz16N0PCdEkHR00g&amp;oh=00_Af0SWjFUGt8Q5byhBk7E-PxItfEHcEFiyQq9RtulBcSl9w&amp;oe=69EFC8E7&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sbi-screenreader\">I think Richard Wright said it well when he wrote <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/plugins\/instagram-feed\/img\/placeholder.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"I think Richard Wright said it well when he wrote about The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter: \u201cI don\u2019t know what the book is about; the nearest I can come to indicating its theme is to refer to the Catholic confessional or the private office of the psychoanalyst.\u201d It\u2019s the novel we read for this month\u2019s library book club, and tonight we get to sit down and discuss it. I\u2019m glad I don\u2019t have to feel the pressure to put my finger on just what it\u2019s all about. The best I can say, having just finished it, is that it is a book about a host of unreciprocated relationships, connections people depend on just to keep going.\n\nCentral to the story is a deaf man named John Singer. In the first chapter, we learn that the man Singer lived with for a decade has been placed in an insane asylum. Now Singer lives alone but is always thinking about his friend, who, to be honest, doesn\u2019t (and didn\u2019t) seem to care. Meanwhile, four other individuals in the small Georgia mill town see Singer as a safe place for their own confessions, though they don\u2019t know not the first thing about Singer himself\u2014and they don\u2019t seem to care to ask. In particular, there is the young girl Mick Kelly, who wants to be a musician . . . and turns to a deaf man as the one who might understand her desires best.\n\nAnd I\u2019m not entirely sure what to make of it all. There\u2019s loneliness and pain throughout, and we watch hopes and dreams rise and fall. But sitting in the aftermath, I\u2019m most intrigued by and mystified by those who come to Singer and who \u201cdid not look him in the eye, and in their faces there was neither love nor hate.\u201d \n\nI\u2019m excited for the discussion tonight. I may not come away with clear answers, but I\u2019m looking forward to where the questions lead.\n\n#CarsonMcCullers #TheHeartIsALonelyHunter #SoutherLiterature #AmericanLiterature\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"sbi_item sbi_type_video sbi_new sbi_transition\"\n\tid=\"sbi_18022938962820268\" data-date=\"1776187368\">\n\t<div class=\"sbi_photo_wrap\">\n\t\t<a class=\"sbi_photo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DXHsSBMkpo6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"\n\t\t\tdata-full-res=\"https:\/\/scontent-lga3-3.cdninstagram.com\/v\/t51.71878-15\/670926300_2112189529354971_2028326835220434854_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&#038;_nc_cat=108&#038;ccb=7-5&#038;_nc_sid=18de74&#038;efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0xJUFMuYmVzdF9pbWFnZV91cmxnZW4uQzMifQ%3D%3D&#038;_nc_ohc=T0iJ9HGFB_sQ7kNvwEBYCac&#038;_nc_oc=Adq_Spdg7gIiuCQ9fgAy-Sb8vDJYd5MLZikj1Dk5br7tkJvF-krt3qFwKgD2nYnmKS8&#038;_nc_zt=23&#038;_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-3.cdninstagram.com&#038;edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&#038;_nc_gid=DaFSVdfDtEY3W_1wGRkzOA&#038;_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQGPPfG-i2qjlyzXFKEniGxM_fvEzKH74pohAH-lficqhFz4t2ftRem5qE7RArVfP8mXZHx9gL3eDA&#038;oh=00_Af0hlc3H1AjDQ6q282COCw_GEGiUIcTc9sBae-FJPHTYvg&#038;oe=69EFA64C\"\n\t\t\tdata-img-src-set=\"{&quot;d&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/scontent-lga3-3.cdninstagram.com\\\/v\\\/t51.71878-15\\\/670926300_2112189529354971_2028326835220434854_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=108&amp;ccb=7-5&amp;_nc_sid=18de74&amp;efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0xJUFMuYmVzdF9pbWFnZV91cmxnZW4uQzMifQ%3D%3D&amp;_nc_ohc=T0iJ9HGFB_sQ7kNvwEBYCac&amp;_nc_oc=Adq_Spdg7gIiuCQ9fgAy-Sb8vDJYd5MLZikj1Dk5br7tkJvF-krt3qFwKgD2nYnmKS8&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-3.cdninstagram.com&amp;edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&amp;_nc_gid=DaFSVdfDtEY3W_1wGRkzOA&amp;_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQGPPfG-i2qjlyzXFKEniGxM_fvEzKH74pohAH-lficqhFz4t2ftRem5qE7RArVfP8mXZHx9gL3eDA&amp;oh=00_Af0hlc3H1AjDQ6q282COCw_GEGiUIcTc9sBae-FJPHTYvg&amp;oe=69EFA64C&quot;,&quot;150&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/scontent-lga3-3.cdninstagram.com\\\/v\\\/t51.71878-15\\\/670926300_2112189529354971_2028326835220434854_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=108&amp;ccb=7-5&amp;_nc_sid=18de74&amp;efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0xJUFMuYmVzdF9pbWFnZV91cmxnZW4uQzMifQ%3D%3D&amp;_nc_ohc=T0iJ9HGFB_sQ7kNvwEBYCac&amp;_nc_oc=Adq_Spdg7gIiuCQ9fgAy-Sb8vDJYd5MLZikj1Dk5br7tkJvF-krt3qFwKgD2nYnmKS8&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-3.cdninstagram.com&amp;edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&amp;_nc_gid=DaFSVdfDtEY3W_1wGRkzOA&amp;_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQGPPfG-i2qjlyzXFKEniGxM_fvEzKH74pohAH-lficqhFz4t2ftRem5qE7RArVfP8mXZHx9gL3eDA&amp;oh=00_Af0hlc3H1AjDQ6q282COCw_GEGiUIcTc9sBae-FJPHTYvg&amp;oe=69EFA64C&quot;,&quot;320&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/scontent-lga3-3.cdninstagram.com\\\/v\\\/t51.71878-15\\\/670926300_2112189529354971_2028326835220434854_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=108&amp;ccb=7-5&amp;_nc_sid=18de74&amp;efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0xJUFMuYmVzdF9pbWFnZV91cmxnZW4uQzMifQ%3D%3D&amp;_nc_ohc=T0iJ9HGFB_sQ7kNvwEBYCac&amp;_nc_oc=Adq_Spdg7gIiuCQ9fgAy-Sb8vDJYd5MLZikj1Dk5br7tkJvF-krt3qFwKgD2nYnmKS8&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-3.cdninstagram.com&amp;edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&amp;_nc_gid=DaFSVdfDtEY3W_1wGRkzOA&amp;_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQGPPfG-i2qjlyzXFKEniGxM_fvEzKH74pohAH-lficqhFz4t2ftRem5qE7RArVfP8mXZHx9gL3eDA&amp;oh=00_Af0hlc3H1AjDQ6q282COCw_GEGiUIcTc9sBae-FJPHTYvg&amp;oe=69EFA64C&quot;,&quot;640&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/scontent-lga3-3.cdninstagram.com\\\/v\\\/t51.71878-15\\\/670926300_2112189529354971_2028326835220434854_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=108&amp;ccb=7-5&amp;_nc_sid=18de74&amp;efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0xJUFMuYmVzdF9pbWFnZV91cmxnZW4uQzMifQ%3D%3D&amp;_nc_ohc=T0iJ9HGFB_sQ7kNvwEBYCac&amp;_nc_oc=Adq_Spdg7gIiuCQ9fgAy-Sb8vDJYd5MLZikj1Dk5br7tkJvF-krt3qFwKgD2nYnmKS8&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-3.cdninstagram.com&amp;edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&amp;_nc_gid=DaFSVdfDtEY3W_1wGRkzOA&amp;_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQGPPfG-i2qjlyzXFKEniGxM_fvEzKH74pohAH-lficqhFz4t2ftRem5qE7RArVfP8mXZHx9gL3eDA&amp;oh=00_Af0hlc3H1AjDQ6q282COCw_GEGiUIcTc9sBae-FJPHTYvg&amp;oe=69EFA64C&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sbi-screenreader\">One of my favorite memories from our trip to Engla<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg style=\"color: rgba(255,255,255,1)\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-play fa-w-14 sbi_playbtn\" aria-label=\"Play\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-fa-processed=\"\" data-prefix=\"fa\" data-icon=\"play\" role=\"presentation\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M424.4 214.7L72.4 6.6C43.8-10.3 0 6.1 0 47.9V464c0 37.5 40.7 60.1 72.4 41.3l352-208c31.4-18.5 31.5-64.1 0-82.6z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/plugins\/instagram-feed\/img\/placeholder.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One of my favorite memories from our trip to England last October was a rainy day in Winchester. We visited Austen\u2019s home, Chawton, the cathedral, and the new Jane Austen statue. 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It was new to me, but I\u2019d heard folks speak fondly of this one.\n\nI mentioned in last month\u2019s review of Memento Mori that once I got into that book I felt a bit disoriented because Spark tends to set things spinning and then let us observe what the characters say and do without a whole lot of explanation between the lines. I appreciate it, but it does mean I often find her novels more challenging that they seem on the surface. \n\nThat was the case with this one as well. The Ballad of Peckham Rye\u2019s opening set me up with a false sense of security: Humphrey Place is outside the door of his former fianc\u00e9e\u2019s home but he is denied entry. After all, at the wedding, when asked if he would take Dixie to be his wedded wife, Humphrey said, \u201cNo, to be quite frank I will not.\u201d There is a consensus that Humphrey would not have done this had Dougal Douglas not come to town. \n\nSpark then takes us back to when this Douglas first arrived in Peckham Rye, joining the firm of Meadows, Meade &amp; Grindley to do \u201chuman research.\u201d While it is not always clear just how he does it (\u201cI have the powers of exorcism . . . The ability to drive devils out of people.\u201d) everyone\u2019s lives begin to wobble; things are just not quite the same once he arrives.\n\nAs I mentioned, I continue to find Spark a tricky writer. Spark just doesn\u2019t guide me in the way I expect. Nevertheless, I am enjoying the journey.\n\nIt was great reading this alongside The Comforters and Memento Mori because we see the recurrence of Spark\u2019s disruptive force. In The Comforters, it\u2019s the disembodied voice from the typewriter. In Memento Mori, it\u2019s the anonymous phone call reminding the listener of their death. Here, it is Dougal, who may be literally diabolical, or may simply be a person whose presence unsettles everyone around him. In each case, something enters the social world and disturbs it. 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It won the Best Translated Book Award. 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Gass\u2019s The Tunnel has arrive<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg style=\"color: rgba(255,255,255,1)\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-play fa-w-14 sbi_playbtn\" aria-label=\"Play\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-fa-processed=\"\" data-prefix=\"fa\" data-icon=\"play\" role=\"presentation\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M424.4 214.7L72.4 6.6C43.8-10.3 0 6.1 0 47.9V464c0 37.5 40.7 60.1 72.4 41.3l352-208c31.4-18.5 31.5-64.1 0-82.6z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/plugins\/instagram-feed\/img\/placeholder.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"My copy of William H. Gass\u2019s The Tunnel has arrived from @dalkeyarchive, along with the audiobook! 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Peck\u2019s 2<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/plugins\/instagram-feed\/img\/placeholder.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One of my book clubs is reading Steven L. Peck\u2019s 2022 novel Heike\u2019s Void. Before diving into that, I wanted to go back and read Peck\u2019s 2009 novella, A Short Stay in Hell.\n\nIn this intriguing, unsettling work, Peck examines the insanity of eternity. His protagonist, Soren Johansson, was a Mormon in life. He believed that after death he would be reunited with his family and live with them forever. Instead, he finds himself confronted by a demon who informs him that the one true religion was Zoroastrianism, and that since he was not of the true religion and would therefore need to spend some time in hell, eternal damnation does not exist. \u201cHell is for your edification and wisdom. Punishment? Yes. But not forever.\u201d\n\nWhat, then, is Johansson\u2019s particular hell? It resembles something like Borges\u2019 Library of Babel: a practically (but not actually) infinite library containing every possible book that could be assembled within 410 pages, most of them nothing more than nonsensical arrangements of letters, symbols, and spaces. Somewhere among them is the book of Johansson\u2019s life. Find it, and he will be released from hell, though not from infinite time.\n\nOn the one hand, while task is clearly difficult it\u2019s not impossible. If Johansson proceeds one book at a time, it\u2019s inevitable that he will eventually find the right one. But as the total footage of shelves and the number of years grow, beyond anything the mind can reasonably hold, meaning begins to collapse.\n\nJohansson is not alone in this vastness. One of the novella\u2019s strengths lies in its exploration of relationships over time, and what becomes of them when time itself ceases to have any meaningful boundary. What does it mean to consciously exist, with or without another, for a thousand years? How about a million? How about 100 billion, and to know that someday this will all just be a distant memory?\n\nUltimately this book was one of the most effective explorations of unfettered time I\u2019ve ever read. 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class=\"sbi-screenreader\">\u201cCan you not ignore it, Dame Lettie?\u201d\n\u201cNo, I canno<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/plugins\/instagram-feed\/img\/placeholder.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\u201cCan you not ignore it, Dame Lettie?\u201d\n\u201cNo, I cannot. I have tried, but it troubles me deeply. It is a troublesome remark.\u201d\n\u201cPerhaps you might obey it,\u201d said Miss Taylor.\n\u201cWhat\u2019s that you say?\u201d\n\u201cYou might, perhaps, try to remember you must die.\u201d\n\nThe opening pages of Memento Mori are funny and mysterious. It\u2019s there that we learn that the elderly Dame Lettie Colston (and soon there will be others) has received a phone call in which a civil voice says simply: \u201cRemember you must die.\u201d It\u2019s a wonderful setup, particularly because Muriel Spark is, at the same time, introducing us to her characters, and she is always so good at doing that. We meet Dame Lettie\u2019s self-centered brother Godfrey and Godfrey\u2019s wife, Charmian, a once-successful novelist.\n\nBefore long, though, the cast expands. Perspectives shift, social lives reveal a tangled web, and what first appeared to be a central mystery begins, strangely, to recede. The calls continue, but the characters are just as concerned with old affairs, petty grievances, and questions of inheritance. Memento Mori is delightful and not at all difficult at the level of sentence or scene, yet, for me, it was challenging to take in as a novel.\n\nBut what a fine novel it is. The scattered cast, the social chatter, the sense that the central device is somehow beside the point, all of this is just what makes the book work.\n\nReading Memento Mori so soon after The Comforters, I am intrigued by the recurrence of disembodied voices. In the earlier novel, the voices are overt, almost playful, calling attention to the act of authorship itself. Here, they arrive more quietly in the form of almost banal anonymous phone calls. It begins to feel as though Muriel Spark is positioning herself as a kind of authorial god, introducing a single, undeniable truth into her characters\u2019 lives through strange means and then watching what happens. 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class=\"sbi-screenreader\">Andrew Krivak\u2019s The Bear was one of my favorite re<\/span>\n\t\t\t<svg class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-clone fa-w-16 sbi_lightbox_carousel_icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Clone\" data-fa-pro\u0192cessed=\"\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"clone\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\">\n                    <path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M464 0H144c-26.51 0-48 21.49-48 48v48H48c-26.51 0-48 21.49-48 48v320c0 26.51 21.49 48 48 48h320c26.51 0 48-21.49 48-48v-48h48c26.51 0 48-21.49 48-48V48c0-26.51-21.49-48-48-48zM362 464H54a6 6 0 0 1-6-6V150a6 6 0 0 1 6-6h42v224c0 26.51 21.49 48 48 48h224v42a6 6 0 0 1-6 6zm96-96H150a6 6 0 0 1-6-6V54a6 6 0 0 1 6-6h308a6 6 0 0 1 6 6v308a6 6 0 0 1-6 6z\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/plugins\/instagram-feed\/img\/placeholder.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Andrew Krivak\u2019s The Bear was one of my favorite reads of last year, an end-of-the-world story that was, strangely, beautiful and hopeful. I picked up his latest, Mule Boy, just out from @bellevueliterarypress without even reading the back.\n\nMost of the book is told by Ondro Prach, an older man looking back on the defining event of his life. As a child he was the sole survivor of a mine collapse in Pennsylvania on January 1, 1929, which killed four other men. In the years since, descendants of those who died come to him, wanting at last to know what happened, what their loved ones said, how they died. What we get is Ondro\u2019s recounting of those days he spent in the earth, as well as the trajectory of his life after he came out, including a failed marriage and time in prison.\n\nFrom the start, I was intrigued by Krivak\u2019s formal choices. While the book is divided into sections, there are no periods at all, so we get long, seemingly incessant sentences. It reads smoothly, and the effect fits this odd, Faulknerian tale. One of the pictures above shows the opening to the second section, rambling and, to me, lovely. Much like some of Faulkner\u2019s narrators, this is a voice in which the past does not recede but presses continuously into the present.\n\nAs Ondro tells his story, Mule Boy is more than a survival narrative. During one stretch of his life, he encounters both the story of Book of Jonah and the writings of Maimonides. Jonah gives us a descent into darkness and a return while Maimonides raises harder questions about suffering, knowledge, and what we can reasonably expect to understand about our lives.\n\nWhat makes Krivak\u2019s novel compelling is that it seems to work with both at once. Ondro\u2019s experience invites us to look for meaning, to shape what happened into something like a story with purpose, and yet the telling resists that impulse. The longer he speaks, the more the past feels not resolved but ongoing, something he continues to live within rather than something he has overcome. 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class=\"sbi-screenreader\">Episode 128 is up!\n\nFor this fun episode, @bibliop<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg style=\"color: rgba(255,255,255,1)\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-play fa-w-14 sbi_playbtn\" aria-label=\"Play\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-fa-processed=\"\" data-prefix=\"fa\" data-icon=\"play\" role=\"presentation\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M424.4 214.7L72.4 6.6C43.8-10.3 0 6.1 0 47.9V464c0 37.5 40.7 60.1 72.4 41.3l352-208c31.4-18.5 31.5-64.1 0-82.6z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/plugins\/instagram-feed\/img\/placeholder.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Episode 128 is up!\n\nFor this fun episode, @bibliopaul and I asked ourselves the classic question: if you were stuck on a desert island, which books would you bring?\n\nWe each picked:\n\u2013 one book to reread forever\n\u2013 one to help us hold onto our humanity\n\u2013 and one to wrestle with\n\nThe fun, as always, is in the conversation: what we think books do for us, and what we might need from them when everything else falls away.\n\nWhat would you make sure to grab to sustain you, and why?\n\n#bookstagram #readinglife #desertislandbooks #bookpodcast #literarypodcast\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"sbi_item sbi_type_carousel sbi_new sbi_transition\"\n\tid=\"sbi_18569992084007100\" data-date=\"1773795505\">\n\t<div class=\"sbi_photo_wrap\">\n\t\t<a class=\"sbi_photo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWAaq5kFOcn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener 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class=\"sbi-screenreader\">There was a stretch of time when a new Philip Roth<\/span>\n\t\t\t<svg class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-clone fa-w-16 sbi_lightbox_carousel_icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Clone\" data-fa-pro\u0192cessed=\"\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"clone\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\">\n                    <path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M464 0H144c-26.51 0-48 21.49-48 48v48H48c-26.51 0-48 21.49-48 48v320c0 26.51 21.49 48 48 48h320c26.51 0 48-21.49 48-48v-48h48c26.51 0 48-21.49 48-48V48c0-26.51-21.49-48-48-48zM362 464H54a6 6 0 0 1-6-6V150a6 6 0 0 1 6-6h42v224c0 26.51 21.49 48 48 48h224v42a6 6 0 0 1-6 6zm96-96H150a6 6 0 0 1-6-6V54a6 6 0 0 1 6-6h308a6 6 0 0 1 6 6v308a6 6 0 0 1-6 6z\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/plugins\/instagram-feed\/img\/placeholder.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"There was a stretch of time when a new Philip Roth novel meant a trip to the bookstore on publication day. I remember picking up his final novellas one by one, never knowing which would be his last. He called it quits in 2010 with the publication of the final book in what is often called his Nemeses Quartet: Everyman, Indignation, The Humbling, Nemesis, four late works that return, again and again, to aging, regret, desire, and the limits of control. They are pared down, stark, and though not as good as his masterpieces, I\u2019ve always found something powerful in their restraint.\n\nEveryman focuses on an unnamed older man, who, when the story begins, is already dead.\u00a0Despite his vitality, his body grew old and feeble and\u2014there\u2019s nothing to be done\u2014died. With Indignation Roth goes back to the 1950s.\u00a0Here again the subject is already dead, but this time it is a young man who, despite his vitality, is swept up in the tragedy of history.\u00a0A small, innocent\u00a0decision led, in speedy course, to his demise.\u00a0In The Humbling, Roth returned to an elderly subject, an actor who lost his ability to act. Not dead yet, this subject spends the pages of the book attempting to gain control over his fate\u2014and maybe from his perspective he does. In Nemesis, Roth goes back to a young subject and back to early Newark, during a polio outbreak. \n\nI don\u2019t hear Roth discussed as much these days, something I would never have imagined twenty years ago when he was still alive and publishing a literary event practically every year. But it probably makes sense. He\u2019s a complicated, often frustrating author, and not without reason people have stepped back from his work or never step toward it. Yet I still find myself returning to his books, with their clarity, unease, and willful digressiveness. They sit with life\u2019s harder truths without trying to resolve them.\n\n#PhilipRoth #NemesesQuartet #AmericanLiterature #Reading #bookstagram\n\nI\u2019m curious if others have read these, or any other Roth, or if he\u2019s is a writer you\u2019ve moved toward or away from over time.\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"sbi_item sbi_type_image sbi_new sbi_transition\"\n\tid=\"sbi_17877744615413202\" data-date=\"1773708534\">\n\t<div class=\"sbi_photo_wrap\">\n\t\t<a class=\"sbi_photo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DV90mcpkrJt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"\n\t\t\tdata-full-res=\"https:\/\/scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com\/v\/t51.82787-15\/652685888_18564154630002028_1677464322361619020_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&#038;_nc_cat=107&#038;ccb=7-5&#038;_nc_sid=18de74&#038;efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&#038;_nc_ohc=ohyrUxlV2RwQ7kNvwG4z-_x&#038;_nc_oc=Adrq4H_97DVjCfOhvXvHeiSKvO0WjKdIqo0cYvxK9DRuvKN3BwJuLOWnQ0NawU32Zs4&#038;_nc_zt=23&#038;_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com&#038;edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&#038;_nc_gid=DaFSVdfDtEY3W_1wGRkzOA&#038;_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQFulIuNNOaEm-bs_9Bktfsl2M7nw7M-p76_3J9l0urRJUNdcTVUGIhlqM48q_J2IQcykoQTspDNWg&#038;oh=00_Af1v0Y-tko2KqZh9KUWhKLG8V56Fmxpu7Ve2BhtDsvdXug&#038;oe=69EFB740\"\n\t\t\tdata-img-src-set=\"{&quot;d&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com\\\/v\\\/t51.82787-15\\\/652685888_18564154630002028_1677464322361619020_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=107&amp;ccb=7-5&amp;_nc_sid=18de74&amp;efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&amp;_nc_ohc=ohyrUxlV2RwQ7kNvwG4z-_x&amp;_nc_oc=Adrq4H_97DVjCfOhvXvHeiSKvO0WjKdIqo0cYvxK9DRuvKN3BwJuLOWnQ0NawU32Zs4&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com&amp;edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&amp;_nc_gid=DaFSVdfDtEY3W_1wGRkzOA&amp;_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQFulIuNNOaEm-bs_9Bktfsl2M7nw7M-p76_3J9l0urRJUNdcTVUGIhlqM48q_J2IQcykoQTspDNWg&amp;oh=00_Af1v0Y-tko2KqZh9KUWhKLG8V56Fmxpu7Ve2BhtDsvdXug&amp;oe=69EFB740&quot;,&quot;150&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com\\\/v\\\/t51.82787-15\\\/652685888_18564154630002028_1677464322361619020_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=107&amp;ccb=7-5&amp;_nc_sid=18de74&amp;efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&amp;_nc_ohc=ohyrUxlV2RwQ7kNvwG4z-_x&amp;_nc_oc=Adrq4H_97DVjCfOhvXvHeiSKvO0WjKdIqo0cYvxK9DRuvKN3BwJuLOWnQ0NawU32Zs4&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com&amp;edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&amp;_nc_gid=DaFSVdfDtEY3W_1wGRkzOA&amp;_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQFulIuNNOaEm-bs_9Bktfsl2M7nw7M-p76_3J9l0urRJUNdcTVUGIhlqM48q_J2IQcykoQTspDNWg&amp;oh=00_Af1v0Y-tko2KqZh9KUWhKLG8V56Fmxpu7Ve2BhtDsvdXug&amp;oe=69EFB740&quot;,&quot;320&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com\\\/v\\\/t51.82787-15\\\/652685888_18564154630002028_1677464322361619020_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=107&amp;ccb=7-5&amp;_nc_sid=18de74&amp;efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&amp;_nc_ohc=ohyrUxlV2RwQ7kNvwG4z-_x&amp;_nc_oc=Adrq4H_97DVjCfOhvXvHeiSKvO0WjKdIqo0cYvxK9DRuvKN3BwJuLOWnQ0NawU32Zs4&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com&amp;edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&amp;_nc_gid=DaFSVdfDtEY3W_1wGRkzOA&amp;_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQFulIuNNOaEm-bs_9Bktfsl2M7nw7M-p76_3J9l0urRJUNdcTVUGIhlqM48q_J2IQcykoQTspDNWg&amp;oh=00_Af1v0Y-tko2KqZh9KUWhKLG8V56Fmxpu7Ve2BhtDsvdXug&amp;oe=69EFB740&quot;,&quot;640&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com\\\/v\\\/t51.82787-15\\\/652685888_18564154630002028_1677464322361619020_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=107&amp;ccb=7-5&amp;_nc_sid=18de74&amp;efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&amp;_nc_ohc=ohyrUxlV2RwQ7kNvwG4z-_x&amp;_nc_oc=Adrq4H_97DVjCfOhvXvHeiSKvO0WjKdIqo0cYvxK9DRuvKN3BwJuLOWnQ0NawU32Zs4&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com&amp;edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&amp;_nc_gid=DaFSVdfDtEY3W_1wGRkzOA&amp;_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQFulIuNNOaEm-bs_9Bktfsl2M7nw7M-p76_3J9l0urRJUNdcTVUGIhlqM48q_J2IQcykoQTspDNWg&amp;oh=00_Af1v0Y-tko2KqZh9KUWhKLG8V56Fmxpu7Ve2BhtDsvdXug&amp;oe=69EFB740&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sbi-screenreader\">There\u2019s something special about returning to films<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/plugins\/instagram-feed\/img\/placeholder.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"There\u2019s something special about returning to films you love and finding them transformed.\n\nI pulled out my old DVD of Eclipse Series 8: Lubitsch Musicals to compare with the new Blu-ray release, and the difference is remarkable. The image has a clarity and brightness that makes Lubitsch\u2019s precision feel even more exact.\n\nDavid and I covered these films on The Eclipse Viewer Podcast in 2014. More than a decade later, we\u2019re going back! Look for these episodes sometime in the next month!\n\nThe films in the set are The Love Parade (1929), Monte Carlo (1930), The Smiling Lieutenant (1931), and One Hour With You (1932). 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class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The blog<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-30863 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-book-reviews category-steven-l-peck tag-2000s tag-959\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2026\/04\/07\/steven-l-peck-a-short-stay-in-hell\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/A-Short-Stay-in-Hell-Featured-Image.jpg?resize=700%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Steven L. Peck: A Short Stay in Hell\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/A-Short-Stay-in-Hell-Featured-Image.jpg?resize=200%2C114&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/A-Short-Stay-in-Hell-Featured-Image.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/A-Short-Stay-in-Hell-Featured-Image.jpg?resize=400%2C229&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/A-Short-Stay-in-Hell-Featured-Image.jpg?resize=600%2C343&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/A-Short-Stay-in-Hell-Featured-Image.jpg?fit=700%2C400&amp;ssl=1 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" data-attachment-id=\"30864\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2026\/04\/07\/steven-l-peck-a-short-stay-in-hell\/a-short-stay-in-hell-featured-image\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/A-Short-Stay-in-Hell-Featured-Image.jpg?fit=700%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A Short Stay in Hell Featured Image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/A-Short-Stay-in-Hell-Featured-Image.jpg?fit=700%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2026\/04\/07\/steven-l-peck-a-short-stay-in-hell\/\" target=\"_self\" >Steven L. Peck: <em>A Short Stay in Hell<\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Some thoughts on a great short book: Steven L. Peck: A Short Stay in Hell <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-30858 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-book-reviews category-muriel-spark tag-1950s tag-938\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2026\/03\/31\/muriel-spark-memento-mori\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"701\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Memento-Mori-Featured-Image.jpg?resize=701%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Muriel Spark: Memento Mori\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Memento-Mori-Featured-Image.jpg?resize=200%2C114&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Memento-Mori-Featured-Image.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Memento-Mori-Featured-Image.jpg?resize=400%2C228&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Memento-Mori-Featured-Image.jpg?resize=600%2C342&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Memento-Mori-Featured-Image.jpg?fit=701%2C400&amp;ssl=1 701w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" data-attachment-id=\"30860\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2026\/03\/31\/muriel-spark-memento-mori\/memento-mori-featured-image\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Memento-Mori-Featured-Image.jpg?fit=701%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"701,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Memento Mori Featured Image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Memento-Mori-Featured-Image.jpg?fit=701%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2026\/03\/31\/muriel-spark-memento-mori\/\" target=\"_self\" >Muriel Spark: <em>Memento Mori<\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Next up for my chronological read through of Muriel Spark&#8217;s novels is her third, 1959&#8217;s Memento Mori. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-30854 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-andrew-krivak category-book-reviews tag-2020s tag-1525\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2026\/03\/24\/andrew-krivak-mule-boy\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mule-Boy-Featured-Image.jpg?resize=700%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Andrew Krivak: Mule Boy\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mule-Boy-Featured-Image.jpg?resize=200%2C114&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mule-Boy-Featured-Image.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mule-Boy-Featured-Image.jpg?resize=400%2C229&amp;ssl=1 400w, 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mule Boy Featured Image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mule-Boy-Featured-Image.jpg?fit=700%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2026\/03\/24\/andrew-krivak-mule-boy\/\" target=\"_self\" >Andrew Krivak: <em>Mule Boy<\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Andrew Krivak&#8217;s Mule Boy is another dark but strangely hopeful tale. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-30838 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-claude-sautet category-film-reviews tag-criterion-collection\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2026\/03\/17\/claude-sautet-classe-tous-risques\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" 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<em>Classe tous risques<\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Today The Criterion Collection released an edition of a film new to me: Claude Sautet&#8217;s 1960 film Classe tous risques. I loved it! <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-30824 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-film-reviews category-sidney-lumet tag-criterion-collection\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2026\/02\/24\/sidney-lumet-network\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Network-Featured-Image.jpg?resize=700%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sidney Lumet: Network\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" 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data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Network-Featured-Image.jpg?fit=700%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Network Featured Image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Network-Featured-Image.jpg?fit=700%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" 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