What I’m currently reading…
Judge Dredd Year One
I know these 2000AD novels aren’t what you would call mainstream reads for book lovers, since their origins were established in comics, but I love this world. So I’m indulging myself.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818)
What an exquisite book! An all-time favourite, for sure! Amazingly layered storytelling.
I have to admit, again, as with previous classics, I'm more enamoured with the prose itself than the story.
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wild (1890)
I definitely have a passion for this kind of classic prose. I find such delight in the guarded nature of the language's frankness. I love the way such blunt conversations can be carried out in such an inoffensive manner
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (1886)
First off, the star rating aspect of reviews. How can anyone really rate a classic, such as this, without being influenced by the years of its prevalence in our history and by virtue of it being labelled a classic, I honestly don't think you can.