Reading List for January, 2023
Book Reviews

Reading List for January, 2023

Paris in the Present Tense by Mark Helprin Recommended to my by a colleague here in Brazil, “Paris in the Present Tense” was my introduction to author Mark Helprin. It will certainly not be the last Helprin book that I read. The book tells the story of Jules, an elderly French Jew with a colorful…

Reading List, October through December 2022
Book Reviews

Reading List, October through December 2022

Theories of Knowledge (Great Courses) by Joseph H. Shieber A course in Epistemology at the University was (is) proving to be somewhat of a challenge, so I picked up this Great Courses Epistemology lecture series. I found the professor to be very engaging, and able to put complex questions on the bottom shelf, so to…

Reading List for September, 2022
Book Reviews

Reading List for September, 2022

How Christianity Transformed the World by Sharon James Our secular overlords in academia and the media have done an admirable job of fashioning a narrative where Christianity is consistently a force for evil and Christians the perennial bad-guys. So much so, in fact, that many Christians have bought into the narrative and spend most of…

Reading List for May, 2022
Book Reviews

Reading List for May, 2022

Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan So far, “Lord of Chaos”, the sixth in Robert Jordan’s “Wheel of Time” series, is my favorite. It is more action-packed than the books I have read, and the character development takes a much more satisfying track. Slight spoiler alert… If you, like me, have been reading so far…

Reading List for April, 2022: One Lonely Book
Book Reviews

Reading List for April, 2022: One Lonely Book

Sigh. Oh well. Maybe more next time. Aristotle’s Children by Richard E. Rubenstein One of my favorite activities while in the US is browsing around used book stores. And in Dryden, NY there is one that is as close to heaven as I have found. Piles upon piles of books stored in a semi-organized fashion…