Category Archives: books
Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Midnight’s Children is the sort of novel that defies an easy explanation. It’s magical, but I wouldn’t classify it as a fantasy. Though set in India and certainly an Indian novel, it was written in English and is very approachable … Continue reading
Websites I Recommend
Here are some websites I use, love, and recommend. Goodreads is where most of my book reviews have found themselves these days. I love being able to instantly see the rating several friends have given a book when I look … Continue reading
Filed under books, culture, technology
15 Books That Stick
I have been tagged a bunch of times on Facebook for the 15 books that stick with you meme, where you quickly come up with 15 books that you will always remember (in less than 15 minutes.) Here’s my list … Continue reading
The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis is a graphic memoir, a coming of age story of a girl growing up during the Islamic Revolution. It’s sweet, funny, educational, serious, and sad all in turn. The reader acutely feels the longings of the author … Continue reading
Charlotte’s Web
Just finished reading Charlotte’s Web with Kate. Reading old favorites aloud to my children is one part of parenting I have so looked forward to and it did not disappoint. She has done very well comprehending the story, asking good … Continue reading
Love in the Ruins by Walker Percy
Love in the Ruins is a novel set in an apocalypse caused by the overindulgence of modernity. From today’s perspective it is in one sense quaintly antiquated and in another deadly accurate in its grasp of the human condition. I … Continue reading
Finished Twilight Series
I had a sliver of hope that Meyer would finish the Twilight Series in a way that it would be redeemed for me. Breaking Dawn, if anything, was more “eh” than the other books. At least I found out what … Continue reading
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman is simply an excellent read. Fadiman skillfully describes the collision of two worlds, western medicine and traditional Hmong culture, by using the case of one little girl as a … Continue reading
What Makes a Reader?
We have long since run out of shelf space in our house, even though we have some books boxed up and others tucked behind in the shelves, so I decided to move some of our children’s books out of the … Continue reading
Filed under books, parental ponderings
Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot
Murder in the Cathedral is a short play by T.S. Eliot dramatizes the murder (and martyrdom) of Thomas Beckett, former archbishop of Canterbury. Having studied that period of church history during my college career, I found the play well done, … Continue reading
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
Anne is the series I am going to attempt to read in 2009. Unlike the Chronicles of Narnia last year and Harry Potter the year before, I haven’t read most of the Anne books, but I am looking forward to … Continue reading
Boomtown by Nowen N. Particular
Boomtown is a fun story, overall. Zany and goofy characters and plot twists abound, and in general I like that in a book. It may be a tad too colorful and crazy, but I can forgive that. Clearly, the author … Continue reading
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