An Inbred Wanderlust: Finding North by George Michelsen Foy
“«Where» is the primal question, rather than «when», «how», or «who»”.
Tag: books
“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.
What I Read: April
April is gone! We are almost halfway through 2019 already. Even though I am way behind in my reading challenge, I had the chance to read some memorable stories. Shirley…
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…
‘Thou Mayest’: John Steinbeck on Free Will
“You see, there is responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.”
Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence
Graduate life is proving to be both scary and exhilarating. Just when I finally thought I’d have more time to write and blog, I find myself the busiest ever. It…
Late for Valentine’s Day: Some Awesome Love Stories
Love’s complicated. And so are some of these books.
“We do not take a trip; a trip takes us”
John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley in Search of America
