Just finished listening to The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin and really enjoyed it. To be honest, I had a little trouble getting into the text, but after the first few chapters, I was hooked. I don’t want to present any spoilers for this book, but there are shifts in time and […]
Category: Book Review
Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Brande
Based on the online reviews, people love Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Brande. I read this short book because I recently reread Bradbury’s Zen in the Art of Writing and he recommended this book. I didn’t have a deep response to this text, although, I like the idea of using different forms of meditation to […]
Becoming
Zen in the Art of Writing
A Place Called Freedom
Just finished Ken Follett’s novel, A Place Called Freedom. I’m a mixed fan of Follett. He creates these amazing, sweeping historic tales that cover a lot of ground. And, yet, there’s so little emotion on the page. It’s difficult to become emotionally invested in his characters (and even for long periods to tell them apart.) […]
Origin Story
Read Origin Story: A Brief History of Everything by David Christian. My whole life I’ve had questions about things like the universe and religion and the unrealistic stories that religion pushes up against science. There is, of course, so much we don’t know and while Christian does a good job of sharing what we do […]
JD Salinger: A Life
Man’s Search for Meaning
Well, I’m not sure what I think about Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning. It’s a classic with millions of copies in print. There must be something to this book, right? Millions have read it and that means millions have talked about it. There are thousands of reviews for each edition on Amazon. And, yet…I feel […]
The Brothers Karamazov
I’ve once again tried to read The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky. The writing is simply amazing, but I just can’t get past Part II. All of the religion preaching that happens is untenable to me. I recoil and cringe. I’ve tried several times to plow through this, thinking and hoping that beyond Part II there will […]