Monday, November 09, 2020

Books #44, #45, #46. #47, #48 #49, and #50 of 2020: The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin, Egyptian Myths and Mysteries by Rudolph Steiner, Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler, In the Sanctuary of the Soul by Paramahansa Yogananda, Funeral Games by Mary Renault, Twelve Against the Gods by William Bolitho, and Heart of the Heart of the Country by William Gass

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Saturday, September 26, 2020

Books #36-43 of 2020

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I fell behind a little bit. The start of teaching is always overwhelming, and the commencement of a school year online was moreso. Finding t...
Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Book #35 of 2020: The Aryan Christ by Richard Noll

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Does nothing to diminish Jung's work or his contributions as a major 20th century intellectual. Most of what Noll decries about ...
Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Book #34 of 2020: Fifth Sun by Camilla Townsend

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I learned a lot about Mexico City and the Aztecs and the era stretching from immediately before the arrival of Cortes until a couple ...

Book #33 of 2020: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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    A pure delight. A book about books and loving books obsessively, to the point where you track down a mysterious author of a novel an...
Friday, July 10, 2020

Book #32 of 2020: Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti

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An entertaining collection of horror stories by a modern master--well, actually 2 collections combined. The first half are straight...

Book #31 of 2020: A History of Ancient Rome by Frances Titchener

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I listened to these lectures as part of an online course I'm taking to earn credits toward maintaining my teaching certification....
Sunday, July 05, 2020

Book # 28 of 2020: How to Meditate by Pema Chodron

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We are entering month five of lock-down in Panama. The first 3 months were spent teaching online. Then, we started summer break from ...