A Constellation of Words: The Luminaries
An intricate mystery set in New Zealand’s Gold Rush.
Tag: books blog
“The World Was Hers For The Reading”: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
In 1943, Betty Smith published what would become her most famous work and one of the most representative pieces of American literature. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn* was an instant…
What I Read: May
Poisonous jellyfish, dysfunctional families, unlikely friendships and mice.
“Trouble with mice is you always kill’em”: Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men
Trouble in the ranch.
An Inbred Wanderlust: Finding North by George Michelsen Foy
“«Where» is the primal question, rather than «when», «how», or «who»”.
“The Best is Only Bought at the Cost of Great Pain”: Colleen McCullough’s The Thorn Birds
700 hundred pages of suffering and a very handsome priest.
The Wilderness Within: Kristin Hannah’s The Great Alone
Life has been so busy lately! Work has been a bit in the way of my reading, which means I’ve been only reading a bit before bed. Anyway, I managed…
An Age for Civil Disobedience
Why a man not paying his taxes in 1846 is still relevant.
Lives Without Principle: Thoreau and Our Complex Times
As you may know, recently I finally got down to reading Walden by Henry David Thoreau. Thoureau had fascinated me since I studied some of his essays in university, mostly…
