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Derrida for Beginners by Jim Powell, Illustrated by Van Howell (5/3/11) Book I read this as part of my thesis research to see if I needed Derrida to successfully articulate my project or not.   Derrida alone is challenging, and a … Continue reading →

Reread Reliquary by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (4/26/11) Audio book The first scene of this book has stayed with me for years, and will remain one of the dirtiest, most horrific settings I’ll ever have to imagine.  Scuba diving … Continue reading →

Reread The Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (4/22/11) Audio book I figured it was about time to reread this series, well, some of it.  It’s interesting how the style has changed from this one to the newer books … Continue reading →

The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare (4/21/11) Book, part of an anthology Not my favorite of his plays, but certainly a piece that helped him on his way to Othello.  A dark story of a mad King and the perhaps … Continue reading →

      The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke (4/20/11) Audio book What an interesting book!  Clarke has always excelled at making the new seem old, and combining the ancient with the futuristic, but I think this is … Continue reading →

The Sea Wolf  by Jack London (4/11/11) I know, I know, I should have read this years ago.  That said, perhaps I’ve heard too much of this book.  Don’t get me wrong, I love London, and the book was quite … Continue reading →

Reread We the Living by Ayn Rand (4/3/11) This book is so good!  It’s almost Dr. Zhivago meets Atlas Shrugged, but really only in that the characters are driven by the same morality as those in Atlas while set in … Continue reading →

Othello by William Shakespeare (4/2/11) Book for school I’m still not sure what to think of Othello.  It’s the first of Shakespeare’s tragedies I’ve had to read cold in a long time, and well, I’m just not sure about it.  … Continue reading →

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare (3/27/11) Book for school Much Ado is rapidly becoming one of my favorite Shakespeare plays!  It is so smart and so funny!  For you who prefer watching to reading, check out Branagh’s version, … Continue reading →

What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson (3/25/11) Audio books So much better than the movie, but still not great.  I only picked this up because Matheson’s novel I Am Legend was so good, and I was hopefully that the … Continue reading →