Of Mice and Men is Book #608 on the 1001 Book List and #52 on the BBC Top 200 list.  This review was first published in April 2012. This novella was first published in 1937.  It is the story of two friends, George Milton and Lennie Small.  They are migrant farm workers, or bindlestiffs, going … Continue reading RRS: Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck

The Death of Ivan Ilyich is Book #829 on the 1001 Book List and this review was first published in March 2012. For such a very short story, around the 50 to 60 page mark, this has been very hard for me to write a review.  Perhaps because it is a deceptively simple story. First … Continue reading RRS: The Death of Ivan Ilyich – Leo Tolstoy