The Great Gatsby (2013): Movie Review
In just 172 pages, F. Scott Fitzgerald has captured the zeitgeist of the Jazz Age, and told the stirring story …
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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 …
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 …
Downton Abbey Season 3: Episodes 6 & 7 Finale
WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS in this post. Apparently I’m one of the last ones to find out what happens at 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 …
The Girl In the Cafe (2005): The Hunger for Connection
February is the month that raves about love. It’s also Awards Season, culminating with the Oscars. With all the competing …
Downton Abbey Season 3: Episodes 2 & 3
Posts like this should go without saying: Spoilers Alert! After a shaky start in E1, slowly picks up in E2, …
Zero Dark Thirty and Argo
There are several reasons I link these two films together. Both are acclaimed productions which have already garnered awards. While …
Downton Abbey Season 3: Episode 1
CLICK HERE to Season 3: Episodes 2 & 3 When the pre-show outshines the main feature, I’m beginning to …
Les Miserables (2012)
These last months of 2012 see a bumper crop of film adaptations from literary sources. We have an eclectic array …
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 …
