Doubt: A History
Sunday, February 28th, 2010The only thing such doubters really need, that believers have, is a sense that people like themselves have always been around, that they are part of a grand history.
In Doubt: A History, Jennifer Michael Hecht sets out to provide just such a historical context for religious doubters of all stripes. She seeks to trace [...]
A Reading Life
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010If my life has a lodestar, it’s books. They have been my constant companion for as long as I can remember, and the only topic of sufficient interest and variety I could devote a blog to. Other hobbies flourish and fade, and even they are a vehicle for more books in my life: captivated by [...]
RIP Challenge Results
Sunday, November 8th, 2009Blood Price–Tanya Huff
I watched the entire run of “Blood Ties”, the television show based on Tanya Huff’s Vicki Nelson novels. (Note: I freely admit that I have abysmal standards when it comes to vampire TV shows: if it’s got fangs, I’m probably there.) I enjoyed “Blood Ties” for what it was, and liked the basic [...]
R.I.P.
Saturday, September 19th, 2009My reading habits follow seasonal trends: in the heat of summer, I want to read lightweight chick lit or popcorn mysteries. I save more serious works for deep winter, when it’s easy to curl up in a warm sweater and read for hours on end. And when the leaves start turning and the days noticeably [...]