Proust Read-Along: The Swann and Gatsby Foil
“He knew perfectly well as a general truth that human life is full of contrasts…” Swann’s Way, P. 510 While …
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Proust Read-Along: Swann’s Way Part One, Combray
Reading these first 264 pages of Proust conjures up some of my own memories… I was sitting in a graduate …
Before I Go To Sleep by S. J. Watson
47 year-old Christine has lost her memory for twenty some years due to trauma. She wakes up every morning to …
Diary of a Country Priest: An Easter Meditation
Last year around this time, I wrote about the book The Diary of A Country Priest by French author Georges …
Let’s Spring to Proust
Here we are, almost spring. According to my 2013 Read-Along plan, it’s time for Proust: In Search of Lost Time, …
Bonhoeffer Read-Along Part 2: Ch. 19 – 31
I’ve read some of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s writing years ago, but knew close to nothing about the life of this highly …
Upcoming Book to Movie Adaptations
2012 has been a great year for movie adaptations based on or loosely tied to books. Argo, Beast of the …
Bonhoeffer Read-Along Part 1: Chapters 1-18
February 4 has come and gone without fanfare, without even being noticed by me, the one hosting a read-along of …
Soliloquy of a Book Hoarder
To read, or not to read, that is not the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer slings …
2013 Read-Along Begins: Bonhoeffer
Here we are already the third day into the new year. How fast time flies! To kick things off, here’s …
Reading the Season: Surprised by Joy
If Shakespeare and Hamlet could ever meet, it must be Shakespeare’s doing. Shakespeare could, in principle, make himself appear as …
Read-Along 2013: Bonhoeffer and Proust
CLICK HERE to Bonhoeffer Read-Along Part 2 Wrap-Up: Ch. 19 – 31 CLICK HERE to Bonhoeffer Read-Along Part 1: Ch. …
