Tag Archives: week in review

Books this Update: How the Irish Saved Civilization, Thomas Cahill Deer Hunting with Jesus, Joe Bageant Shatterpoint, Matthew Stover A World Waiting to be Born, M. Scott Peck I began this week by continuing in Thomas Cahill’s entertaining Hinges of … Continue reading →

Books this Update: Homeward Bound, Harry Turtledove Mysteries of the Middle Ages, Thomas Cahill The Book of Ecclesiastes, Tremper Longman III I started with Harry Turtledove’s conclusion to the Worldwar-Colonization series, Homeward Bound. While being the final book in this … Continue reading →

Books this Update: Colonization: Aftershocks, Harry Turtledove The Battle of the Labyrinth, Rick Riordian Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman Jedi Trial, David Sherman and Dan Cragg After nearly a two-month break, I returned to Harry Turtledove’s Colonization series. Colonization … Continue reading →

Books this Update: Yoda: Dark Rendezvous, Sean Stewart The Titan’s Curse, Rick Riordian Stoic Warriors, Nancy Sherman Demon in my View, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes This week was almost chiefly speculative fiction, with only one serious book. The other three are fantasy … Continue reading →

Books this Update: In the Presence of Mine Enemies, Harry Turtledove Only Begotten Daughter, James Morrow Sway, Ori and Rom Brafman I began with a return to Turtledove. While I do plan to return to his Colonization series, I read … Continue reading →

Books this Week: Sea of Monsters, Rick Riordian Darth Bane: Rule of Two, Drew Karpyshyn Atom, Isaac Asimov My reading this week was fairly light, as I began preparations to return to school — and did, on Friday. I began … Continue reading →

Books this Update: The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordian The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz Darth Bane: Path of Destruction, Drew Karpyshyn Great Books, David Denby I began this week with a recommended book by Rick Riordian, called The Lightning Thief. … Continue reading →

Books this Update: The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov Asimov’s Guide to the Bible Volume I, Isaac Asimov The Echo of Greece, Edith Hamilton Science Frontiers, Ray Spangenburg and Diane Kit Moser Where Do We Go From Here?, ed. Isaac … Continue reading →

Books this Update: Collapse, Jared Diamond Modern Science, Ray Spangenburg and Diane Kit Moser This I Believe II I began this week with a large book spanning the social sciences: Jared Diamond’s Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. … Continue reading →

Books this Update: Why People Believe Weird Things, Michael Shermer The Knight in History, Frances Gies This I Believe, Jay Allison and Dan Gediman It took an entire semester, but circumstances finally got the better of me and disrupted my … Continue reading →