Category Archives: Reviews

Book reviews, as well as Reads to Reels

Love and Death

Posted on October 14, 2009 by smellincoffee

Love and Death: My Journey Through the Vally of the Shadow© F. Forrester Church 2008145 pages “Want what you have. Do what you can. Be who you are.” – author’s personal motto When typing my comments for Our Chosen Faith: … Continue reading →

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The Consolations of Philosophy

Posted on October 11, 2009 by smellincoffee

The Consolations of Philosophy © 2000 Alain de Botton 278 pages A number of months ago, I stumbled by chance upon a fascinating television series called Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness. Host Alain de Botton addressed the everyday concerns of … Continue reading →

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Last Seen in Massilia

Posted on October 10, 2009 by smellincoffee

Last Seen in Massilia © 2000 Steven Saylor 277 pages When I last visited Rome under the rose, I followed Gordianus as he experienced Rome at war. Pompey the Great fled Rome and then Italy when Julius Caesar crossed the … Continue reading →

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I Sold My Soul on eBay

Posted on October 7, 2009 by smellincoffee

I Sold My Soul on eBay: Viewing Faith Through An Atheist’s Eyes© 2007 Hemant Mehta210 pages, with discussion-group guide. “If Christianity is right in saying God is all-powerful and all-knowing, then God is the ultimate judge of my character and … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (7/10)

Posted on October 7, 2009 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: The Last Command, Timothy Zahn Beautiful Minds, Maddalena Bearzi and Craig B. Stanford Kokoro, Natsume Soseki This was a quiet week for reading, as most of my energies were committed to a paper for my senior seminar. … Continue reading →

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Kokoro

Posted on October 7, 2009 by smellincoffee

Kokoro© 1957 Natsume Soseki248 pages A favorite history professor of mine typically assigns novels as part of his required reading, and for his Modern Japanese History course, I read a novel set in the last years of the Meiji period. … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Minds

Posted on October 5, 2009 by smellincoffee

Beautiful Minds: The Parallel Lives of Great Apes and Dolphins © 2008 Maddalena Bearzi, Craig B. Stanford 368 pages As this was a personal reccommendation from a friend, I opted to read it before continuuing in Saylor’s Roma sub Rosa … Continue reading →

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The Last Command

Posted on October 1, 2009 by smellincoffee

The Last Command © 1991 Timothy Zahn496 pages In The Last Command, Timothy Zahn draws the Thrawn trilogy to its close. As the book opens, the Republic is in dire straits: the Empire has been strengthened by both its capture … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (30/9)

Posted on September 30, 2009 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: Fates Worse than Death, Kurt Vonnegut The Wisdom of Harry Potter, Edmund Kern Our Chosen Faith: an introduction to Unitarian Universalism, F. Forrester Church and John A. Buehrens Flim Flam!, Rames Randi I’m growing steadily more busy … Continue reading →

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Flim Flam!

Posted on September 30, 2009 by smellincoffee

Flim Flam! The Truth About Unicorns, Parapsychology and Other Delusions© 1980 James Randi340 pages In times past I have read authors following their appearances on a favorite podcast of mine, Point of Inquiry, and that’s partly the reason I decided … Continue reading →

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