Category Archives: Reading

Reading: The Final Days of Jesus by Mark D. Smith

Posted on March 29, 2018 by

SubTitle: The Thrill of Defeat, The Agony of Victory: A Classical Historian Explores Jesus’s Arrest, Trial, and Execution   Rating:★★★★ Finished: March 21, 2018         [Image from Amazon] As the subtitle explains, this book is an historical … Continue reading →

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Reading: A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

Posted on March 25, 2018 by

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan Rating ★★★   Finished: March 3, 2018   My review and rating – as for all my reports – reflects how I react to the book and should not be seen some … Continue reading →

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Reading: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Posted on February 3, 2018 by

  Rating ★★★★ Finished: January 27, 2018     As in Little Fires Everywhere the driving event of the novel is on the first page: “Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet.”[p 1] Lydia is a high school teen … Continue reading →

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Reading: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Posted on January 28, 2018 by

Finished: January 21, 2018 Rating: ★★★★       An intricate story about mother and daughter relationships and the tension between following rules or dreams. As the story opens we see the Richardson’s house is burning down. “Every bedroom was empty … Continue reading →

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Reading: The Odyssey translated by Emily Wilson

Posted on January 22, 2018 by

Rating:★★★★ Finished: January 15, 2018   In early November 2017 I read a New York Times article of a new translation of The Odyssey – the first English translation by a woman.(NY Times “The First Woman to Translate the ‘Odyssey’ … Continue reading →

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2017 Reading Summary

Posted on January 17, 2018 by

January is always a little exciting for me since it gives me a chance to review my year of reading. I set a lot of goals for my 2016 year of reading  – both numbers and types of books too … Continue reading →

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Reading: Benediction by Kent Haruf

Posted on January 1, 2018 by

Benediction by Kent Haruf My rating: 4 of 5 stars Finished: December 23, 2017 In the first page “Dad” Lewis learns his cancer can’t be stopped. We watch him reflect on some key relationships as he fades. Although there is … Continue reading →

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