Tuesday, August 28, 2018
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas
Last read in August of 2003.
on my shelf
LibraryThing link
Last read in August of 2003.
on my shelf
LibraryThing link
Labels: AlexandreDumas, DArtagnanRomances, OnMyShelf
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
The Old Man and The Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
This one's a short but powerful tale of an aging Cuban fisherman who's life is the daily grind of going out to sea and trying to catch enough to pay the bills. One day something unusual happens--hence the story. It's a conflict that takes it's time to play out and in the process I felt like I really got to share in the life of the old man. Definitely a tale worth checking out.
LibraryThing link
This one's a short but powerful tale of an aging Cuban fisherman who's life is the daily grind of going out to sea and trying to catch enough to pay the bills. One day something unusual happens--hence the story. It's a conflict that takes it's time to play out and in the process I felt like I really got to share in the life of the old man. Definitely a tale worth checking out.
LibraryThing link
Labels: CheckItOut, ErnestHemingway
Saturday, August 18, 2018
The Lost History of Christianity
by Philip Jenkins
In the book of John, Jesus says to his disciples, "In the world you face persecution." If you hear a sermon on that text in a modern American church, you'll probably hear about how Christians are becoming increasingly marginalized in Western society. This book, however, shows that we ain't seen nothing yet. The Lost History of Christianity looks at the story of "The Church of the East"--the Christian churches that once flourished in Asia and Northern Africa. When those churches are mentioned at all in a typical church history book, they're usually mentioned briefly as being swallowed up by Islam. But while it's true that most of the Christian communities in Islamic countries have vanished, it took them about a millenium to do so. Dr. Jenkins traces how these churches were established, conquered, oppressed and finally died. It's not a happy book, but it is interesting to catch a glimpse of the religious, social, and political forces that interacted throughout the years that these churches endured.
Check it out!
LibraryThing link
In the book of John, Jesus says to his disciples, "In the world you face persecution." If you hear a sermon on that text in a modern American church, you'll probably hear about how Christians are becoming increasingly marginalized in Western society. This book, however, shows that we ain't seen nothing yet. The Lost History of Christianity looks at the story of "The Church of the East"--the Christian churches that once flourished in Asia and Northern Africa. When those churches are mentioned at all in a typical church history book, they're usually mentioned briefly as being swallowed up by Islam. But while it's true that most of the Christian communities in Islamic countries have vanished, it took them about a millenium to do so. Dr. Jenkins traces how these churches were established, conquered, oppressed and finally died. It's not a happy book, but it is interesting to catch a glimpse of the religious, social, and political forces that interacted throughout the years that these churches endured.
Check it out!
LibraryThing link
Labels: CheckItOut
Thursday, August 09, 2018
The High King
by Lloyd Alexander
First read in July of 2005
Back in the summer of 2005, I read through the five volume Prydain Chronicles. When I finished this, the fifth and final volume, I thought it was great and wanted to put it on my shelf. Now, in 2018, I reread the book out of the blue. I discovered this is not a book to read out of sequence. I remembered the main characters, but the story had so many references to characters and events I had forgotten from the previous volumes, that I felt I was missing half of the story. That said, it still was an enjoyable tale. Maybe only waiting room material this time around, but still enjoyable.
LibraryThing link
First read in July of 2005
Back in the summer of 2005, I read through the five volume Prydain Chronicles. When I finished this, the fifth and final volume, I thought it was great and wanted to put it on my shelf. Now, in 2018, I reread the book out of the blue. I discovered this is not a book to read out of sequence. I remembered the main characters, but the story had so many references to characters and events I had forgotten from the previous volumes, that I felt I was missing half of the story. That said, it still was an enjoyable tale. Maybe only waiting room material this time around, but still enjoyable.
LibraryThing link
Labels: LloydAlexander, OnMyShelf, PrydainChronicles, WaitingRoomMaterial
Friday, August 03, 2018
Millenium
by John Varley
This one's a tale of time travelers from the distant, dystopian future. The human race is dying, poisoned by millennia of pollution and environmental damage. In an effort to save the race, some people have turned to the past, embarking on a program of snatching people from fatal disasters. (So as not to change history, of course.) But then a real disaster strikes--a piece of future technology left behind in a 1983 airplane crash threatens to create a paradox and unravel history as they know it. It's an entertaining little tale, with enough mystery and plot twists that kept me reading until the end
waiting room material
LibraryThing link
This one's a tale of time travelers from the distant, dystopian future. The human race is dying, poisoned by millennia of pollution and environmental damage. In an effort to save the race, some people have turned to the past, embarking on a program of snatching people from fatal disasters. (So as not to change history, of course.) But then a real disaster strikes--a piece of future technology left behind in a 1983 airplane crash threatens to create a paradox and unravel history as they know it. It's an entertaining little tale, with enough mystery and plot twists that kept me reading until the end
waiting room material
LibraryThing link
Labels: JohnVarley, WaitingRoomMaterial
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