It was an active month of reading. The new job (hours and location wise) seem to lend themselves more to reading and less to web surfing. That's a good thing, right?
Civilization and its Discontents, Freud - From the reading list. I haven't written up a review of this yet, but I will. The thing about Freud, I don't think that I agree with him, but he has a very interesting mind.
Last Call, Tim Powers - A reread from me. Powers is one of my favorite current writers. He has a knack for blending myths from various sources into something fresh and inventive. This combines Poker/Tarot, Bugsy Seigel and Las Vegas, with stories of Adonis, Isis and various resurrection stories. All good stuff.
The ABC Murders, Agatha Christie - What fun mysteries! I wish I'd found her when I was younger. This is a 'Poirot' case. The murder is picking a new victim in a new city each month and taunting Poirot the entire time.
I've also been reading my way through Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'. Excellent and interesting stuff, but very repetitive. Either a god fancies a girl and turns himself into something else to bed her, or someone challenges the gods and ends up turned into something (mostly birds but sometimes a stone or a spider).
I've also been dabbling a bit in US history. When I'm done with the Great Books, I have another project lined up that will deal with early US history as regards to constitutional thinking. I'm preparing by reading some of the related works.
2015 wasn't always easy for reading, but it had lots of great stuff in it!
Civilization and its Discontents, Freud - From the reading list. I haven't written up a review of this yet, but I will. The thing about Freud, I don't think that I agree with him, but he has a very interesting mind.
Last Call, Tim Powers - A reread from me. Powers is one of my favorite current writers. He has a knack for blending myths from various sources into something fresh and inventive. This combines Poker/Tarot, Bugsy Seigel and Las Vegas, with stories of Adonis, Isis and various resurrection stories. All good stuff.
The ABC Murders, Agatha Christie - What fun mysteries! I wish I'd found her when I was younger. This is a 'Poirot' case. The murder is picking a new victim in a new city each month and taunting Poirot the entire time.
I've also been reading my way through Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'. Excellent and interesting stuff, but very repetitive. Either a god fancies a girl and turns himself into something else to bed her, or someone challenges the gods and ends up turned into something (mostly birds but sometimes a stone or a spider).
I've also been dabbling a bit in US history. When I'm done with the Great Books, I have another project lined up that will deal with early US history as regards to constitutional thinking. I'm preparing by reading some of the related works.
2015 wasn't always easy for reading, but it had lots of great stuff in it!
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