Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon World-renowned conductor, Helmut Wellhauer, is found dead in his dressing room back stage… Read more Death at La Fenice
Category: Book Diary
I read a lot. Mostly fiction. I love literature. I try to read the best. Classics more than popular bestsellers. I like the way one novel will lead me to the next, how, (in the way of all great art) novels will reference other novels, or at least make me think of others. Since July 2020 I’ve made it a practice to write a post about every book I read. If you’d like to see if I’ve read a particular book, click on the Reading List.
Evolution of a Baby Boomer
Evolution of a Baby Boomer: Life Beyond Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll by Joyce Fidler Evolution of a Baby… Read more Evolution of a Baby Boomer
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick Yet another book I picked up from the free book… Read more Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
What Makes Sammy Run?
What Makes Sammy Run? by Budd Schulberg I picked this up at the same time I found Exit Ghost by… Read more What Makes Sammy Run?
Exit Ghost
Exit Ghost by Philip Roth There’s a coffee house a block from the church. I walk there a couple of… Read more Exit Ghost
Humanly Possible
Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope by Sarah Bakewell Jim and I were in New… Read more Humanly Possible
The Evolution of Cooperation
The Evolution of Cooperation by Robert Axelrod After I finished my sermon yesterday, before I had even stepped down from… Read more The Evolution of Cooperation
Shy
Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers by Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green Mary Rodgers is the daughter of… Read more Shy
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Another one of those books you might think I would have read… Read more The Picture of Dorian Gray
Under the Volcano
Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry It took me three months to read this book. I’m not a slow reader,… Read more Under the Volcano