Category 2015 Books
Hamlet
I’d like to add a note to my definition of a classic. I mentioned in one of my previous posts that I think a classic is a book that is widely accepted of being noteworthy. I also strongly believe that a classic book is one that never stops speaking to you–it’s that book you can […]
And the Good News Is…
Book 32 was a good one! I’ve been trying to read more books written by strong women–last year I read Tina Fey’s Bossypants and Mindy Kaling’s Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? This particular book was even better than those two–mainly because I agreed more with Perino’s conservative ideas than Fey and Kaling’s decidedly liberal ones. Perino’s book […]
A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
When I lay these questions before God I get no answer. But a rather special sort of ‘No answer.’ It is not the locked door. It is more like a silent, certainly not uncompassionate, gaze. As though He shook His head not in refusal but waving the question. Like, ‘Peace, child: you don’t understand.’ In […]
Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor
Usually when I finish reading a novel I know what I think of it. From the first sentences to the last chapter, I can tell how my opinion is changing throughout the work. I think we get the same feeling with movies. We go into movies and books with an open mind–willing to suspend our […]
Current Inspirations: Flannery O’Connor
Do you ever go through a phase where you’re mildly obsessed with one writer? A few years ago it was Thomas Hardy, but I’m in a big Flannery O’Connor phase right now. It started last year when I read a biography and most of her short stories as part of my 50 book goal. The […]
Moby Dick
“Ah, God! what trances of torments does that man endure who is consumed with one unachieved revengeful desire. He sleeps with clenched hands; and wakes with his own bloody nails in his palms.” Each time I’ve completed my 50 book goal I try to include a book that is a challenge for me in some […]
In the Heart of the Sea
This will be the fourth year I’ve attempted my 50 book goal. It’s funny how different years take on different themes or trends. One year I read a lot of Thomas Hardy. Last year I read a lot of Rick Riordan. This year’s common theme? Nonfiction. I have never been much of a nonfiction reader, […]
The Daydreamer by Ian McEwan
There’s nothing like starting a blog about your yearly goals midway through the year. I realized today that I needed to record my thoughts about the books I was reading in some format. More than just writing them down in a list, I want to own what I read and share it with others. Ultimately […]
Book Fifty 