Franz Kafka- a man of unusual taste

After reading the works of Franz Kafka, I can definitely say that this man was a wonderfully brilliant writer. His journals were wonderful, boring, and interesting. They were boring because we got to only see what happened to him on a daily basis in the first of the readings. The "blue books" were wonderful because of all the possible story ideas that we as readers rarely get to see. And the short story was interesting because of all the descriptions.
I really did not care for what happened in his daily life, as seen in his diary between 1917 and 1919. I would have liked to read about his life in a more novel like way. I did want to know what he did in his daily routine, but I also like a little insight as to what he is thinking about in his writings, and the people he works with.
The "blue book" journals were wonderful in their story ideas and daily thoughts about certain characters. I wanted to maybe steal a couple of ideas and write on them. The one thing I disagreed with him about was what he wrote about Homer's The Odyssey. He wrote that the main character was tied up, and had his ears covered when his crew were facing the Sirens. I remember that story a little differently. From what I remember, "Odyssius" was tied up, but did not have his ears covered because he wanted to hear the "seirens" song. Besides that, I really enjoyed those writings.
In reguards to the short story, I did not care too much for it. This is because I was lost in the descriptions of what each character was thinking. I like a story where the descriptions of each character can be told indirectly. This way I can know what is going on without really getting too much involved in what the character is doing.