Summary: Death, Life, Meaning and other light topics. Nothing reminds me more of the importance of not wasting time on bad books like reading a really good book. I cannot tell you why I have not read everything that Madeleine L’Engle has written by now. I have had the time, but I haven’t done it. … Read more
Takeaway: Reading classic children’s books as an adult is an odd experience. The first time I heard A Wrinkle in Time was from my 3rd grade teacher. I think his name was Mr Bohanna. I know he spent more time reading out loud to us than any other teacher I remember. I have no idea … Read more
Takeaway: I am glad that we have moved past the point where children’s books have to be completely wholesome and teach morals. Because they can be a bit boring. Over the last few years I have been trying to read more old books. Originally published in 1960, Meet the Austins gets counted as an old … Read more
Takeaway: Interesting how preconceptions affect the reading of a story. It is odd to read a book for the first time as an adult, when you started the series as a pre-teen. Like Many Waters, this has a very different feel from the first three books of the series. It is actually the fifth book … Read more
Takeaway: About 25 years after first reading it, this is still one of my favorite novels. Purchase Links: Paperback, Kindle Edition I am not sure why I have always been so drawn to A Swiftly Tilting Planet. It has been one of my favorite books since I first read it. I have read it at … Read more
Takeaway: Continuing with the theme that Love is most important. Purchase Links: Paperback, Kindle Edition After reading A Wrinkle in Time, which I have not read in many years, A Wind in the Door was more familiar. I remembered most of the story line and while it has still been 20 years or so I … Read more
Summary: Beautiful writing, made better by her distinctive and haunting narration. There can be no criticism about a book like I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, not just because it is the writing is so beautiful, but because it is distinctive and ground breaking. Angelou was 41 when I Know Why the Caged Bird … Read more
Every year I create reading goals and mostly fail at them. My goals are rough guidelines, more than hard goals. This year I accomplished some of them. I had a goal to finish the fiction of three authors. I finished all of Marilynne Robinson and Flannery O’Connor’s fiction. But I still have one more Octavia … Read more
Summary: A post WWII mystery set in Vienna. In general I like to know almost nothing about fiction books going into them. I picked up the audiobook during an Audible sale almost two years ago because of the comparisons between Graham Green and Shusaku Endo. Prior to picking this up I had listened to the excellent … Read more
Summary: Binti returned home to try to find stability; she found more confusion, realizing that the home she thought she understood was not what she understood. And now she also brought war to her home. Part of what is important about alien stories is that they are alien. Part of what is important about reading … Read more