The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín
As a vignette meditating on a suffering mother there are some interesting sections but the book as a whole left me cold. Perhaps my faith played a role but I wo...
Year: 2013
Library Haul: Religious Controversy Edition
I will confess something to you my loyal readership. I am having existential doubts about this whole blogging thing. For a variety of reasons I won’t go ...
The Happy Life by David Malouf
I stumbled upon The Happy Life: The Search for Contentment in the Modern World by David Malouf at the local library. It was on a front-piece or thematic shelf a...
Revelation of the Magi by Brent Landau
Not being a scholar of the early church, there is not much I can add to the discussion of the issues surrounding the date, and impact on the early church, etc. ...
After the Fall by Victoria Roberts
What struck me was the personality - the author's, the character's, the setting's. With few words and some simple illustrations Roberts quickly and effortlessl...
A brutal and yet elegant takedown (or the art of the negative review)
It’s unfortunate for Caleb Carr that the craft of writing so often disobeys a beloved American maxim: Hard work pays off. The colossal effort Carr has exerted t...