Good Readings

Well I've added a few more books to my collection since I got to Ottawa; some are even worth reading.

Medieval Romances
The book is a collection of Medieval stories 'translated' into a readable form of English. Now keep in mind that these are as much "Romances" as Danté's Divine Comedy was actually a comedy; the closest thing to a passionate love scene has been a dumb Welsh kid clumsily forcing kisses on an unwilling maiden on misunderstood advice from his mother. It's a great read and includes all the goodies from funny parts to gory battles, to admirably excessive degrees of chivalry and honour. I was impressed that the stories are still well worth reading even though "Perceval, or the Story of the Grail" which I'm in the middle of right now was written over 800 years ago. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a good light read

The Modern Lover
I had to debate long and hard before I bought this one, it seemed absurdly cheesy to own anything with a title like that, but my copy of The Modern Gentleman looked so lonely sitting there without its sequel. I love The Modern Gentleman but only feel a strong affection to The Modern Lover, it's an okay read and reasonably witty but I wouldn't recommend it to too many people aside from aficionados of The Modern Gentleman.



Cheers,