I’m pretty sure the term “Modern Classic” was made for a book like Orson Scott Cards’ Ender’s Game, and it’s a wonder it hasn’t made it to more “100 Must-Read” lists. This book was supposed to be on our 2018 … Continue reading
This is not the first time I’ve given up on a book by one of America’s greatest authors, John Steinbeck, and through no fault of his own! For the second time in a year, I made the terrible mistake of … Continue reading
‘We are the opposite of lawmen.’ (Kindle Loc. 1423) The second read in our 2019 Siblings’ Book Club following The Long Walk was this somewhat recent western novel, The Sisters Brothers by Patrick Dewitt. It’s an anti-hero story with a … Continue reading
Investigators today believe that in the United States the 1918-19 epidemic caused an excess death toll of about 675,000 people. The nation then had a population between 105 and 110 million, compared to 285 million in 2004. So a comparable … Continue reading
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All men who are young and strong and do not want to die must think of escape. Step to the right, step to the left… the Russians knew it too. But only a madman could entertain any serious hopes of … Continue reading
For the next installment of our 2018 Siblings’ Book Club, we chose this classic story by Joseph Conrad, a book which (along with The Secret Sharer) had likely been on all our bookshelves for two decades or more, untouched and … Continue reading
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Eva Martin (1869) “Haha! But how can one love two at once, with two different sorts of love? That’s interesting. Poor idiot. What will become of him now?” (Part 4, Chapter 9) For … Continue reading
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To die a little later or a little sooner does not matter. But to live bravely, to love life, to see how beautiful the trees are and the mountains, yes, and even the sea, to enjoy work because it produces … Continue reading
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A summary and Christian evaluation of Twelve Ordinary Men by John MacArthur (2002). Continue reading
“What’s a savage?” he said. “It’s someone who doesn’t bother to look around and see that he can change the world.” (Paul Theroux, Mosquito Coast, Kindle Loc. 2798) This second book in my Siblings’ 2018 Book Club follows Go Set … Continue reading
