Takeaway: We have begun to think that modern capitalism is the only right way to think about economics. This book tracks how economics has been thought of throughout history and calls us to rediscover some of what has been lost. Very few book do I read that just surprise me by their originality. The … Read more
Summary: A husband’s memoir about his wife’s affair and how he worked to try to save the marriage. This is a book that I both appreciated and recommend and one that I have some concerns about. Mostly, I appreciate the honesty. I kept thinking about CS Lewis’ A Grief Observed. In both books, the pain … Read more
Summary: A retelling of the Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson. Son of Bitter Glass is the second in KB Hoyle’s Fairytale series. This series is set in the same world, but the novels are stand-alone. The first in the series was a gender-switched retelling of The Little Mermaid. The Son of Bitter Glass is a … Read more
Summary: An exploration of the thought of Dorothy Sayers. I picked up Subversive because it was free to me as part of the Audible Plus Catalogue (books that Audible subscribers can borrow without additional cost other than the membership.) I have been slowly working through a couple of books by Sayers a year over the … Read more
This is a bit different. If you are a member of Audible and have access to the Plus catalog, these will be free (included in membership). They are all books that I have personally read and recommend. I did not go and look for all of them, but I believe that I have written a … Read more
Summary: Very good introduction to hermeneutics (how we understand scripture), the cultural background of scripture, and how our own culture impacts our reading and understanding of scripture. I recently led a book group through Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes. When I lead book discussions, I almost always read the book twice; once early in the … Read more
(There are spoilers here if you do not want to know anything about the story.) Years ago, back when there were more people contributing to this blog than just myself, there was a category of review that looked at movie adaptations of books. Most of those posts were written by other people. And the most recent … Read more
Summary: Intro to the work and context of JRR Tolkien. When I tend to get too ambivalent with my current reading (both interested in the topic but not wanting to pick up the book), I often turn to lecture series like the Great Courses on random subjects to either distract me or to be in conversation … Read more
Summary: A defense of reading old books as a way to counter an orientation toward bias. I have read many of Alan Jacobs’ books. I think he is one of the best essayists writing. I think I have read all of his books except a couple. Unlike some writers, he is not someone with one … Read more
Summary: Lord Peter and Harriet finally get married and go on their honeymoon, only to have it be a ‘working vacation’ as they solve a murder. I have very slowly been working through the Lord Peter Wimsey mystery series. I noticed when looking for something else that Audible had a copy of the old Ian … Read more