These books were all read for courses during winter semester 2013 (January to March). ‘Why I picked it up’ notes the department of the course that the book was read for. Worldviews, Religion and the Environment: A Global Anthology edited by Richard C. Foltz Published: June 2002 Genre: Non-fiction, anthology Why I picked it up: Religion and culture course Rating: 3 stars My Thoughts: Good collection, lots of variety, but assumes […]
My reading habits are suffering this term because of the large amounts of reading (articles + books) I have to do for school…I am making steady progress with The Lord of the Rings and The LotR: A Reader’s Companion (196 and 141 pages, respectively). Here are a few books I read casually. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith Date read: 16 January to 18 January Published: […]
Author: China Mieville Title: The Scar Date read: 4 January to 12 January Published: 2002 Publisher: Del Rey Length: 638 pages Genre: Steampunk/pirate Why I picked it up: Liked the ‘first’ book Rating: 4 stars This is the second novel written by Mievill set in the world of Bas-Leg, though it is not a sequel (though are minor references to the events of Perdido Street Station, which I read previously.) Despite […]
Editor: Humphrey Carpenter Title: The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien Date read: 30 December to 3 January Published: 2000 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Length: 502 pages Genre: Non-fiction Why I picked it up: Fan of Tolkien’sRating: 5 stars Buy: IndieBound | Chapters | Check your local bookstore! I thought I would breeze through this book and finish it in two days maximum. Not because it would be an ‘easy’ read, but because […]
Here it is, the last post for today, I promise! 😉 I have greatly neglected blogging the past few months and let the posts pile up, leading to this deluge of five on the final day of the year. I’m pleased to have made it to 50 posts, though. I hate to see how my blogging habits always wane at the beginning of summer and never quite get back into […]