Why We?

I find reading a great opportunity to take myself out of my comfort zone. "We" is translated from Russian and was first published in 1928, a very different language, culture and time than the one I inhabit.

The commonality between then and now is the loss of freedom, creativity, and individuality both periods experience. "We" is an extreme form of conformity, obedience to authority and the acceptance of a loss of choice and privacy, both of which are vital issues right now.

We: Yevgeny Zamyatin

Good day, I created this blog to talk about books. I love to read and read deeply in both the fiction and non-fiction categories, Great books I read more than once.

We is one of those books. This is not a review site but a place to talk about what we are reading, have read and why we read.

I read to learn, to relax, to go on a journey. One thing I do not do is force myself to continue to read a book that does not get my attention in the first few pages. I have stopped reading books half-way through because the turn of the plot was disappointing.

Zamyatin's We is a companion to 1984 and Brave New World.