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Kate DeCamillo

The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DeCamillo, is… it’s just beautiful. My daughter brought it to me one night and said she thought I’d like it. I’ve liked her recommendations before–she has… more →

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Kate DeCamillo

climach wrote 3 weeks ago: The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DeCamillo, is… it’s just beautiful. My daughter brought it to me … more →

Tags: Books, DeCamillo, Steinbeck, snicket, Kate DeCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket, john steinbeck

Augustine

climach wrote 8 months ago: I can’t think of certain books apart from the place in which I read them. The City of God, an att … more →

Tags: 07. seeing beyond, 02. the way things are (maybe), 03. the way things should be (maybe), 12. when the lights go out, 14. writing fighting, 01. the way we were, Augustine, Books, History

Mark Bowden

climach wrote 8 months ago: As I was in the process of reading Blackhawk Down, I gave a simple writing assignment to my immigran … more →

Tags: 05. write like a man, 04. the rational fear of paranoia, 14. writing fighting, 16. us and them, 01. the way we were, Books, Bowden, Mark Bowden, blackhawk down

Arthur Miller

climach wrote 9 months ago: I’m so glad I read Death of a Salesman first!             The Crucible is standard. It … more →

Tags: 05. write like a man, 04. the rational fear of paranoia, 01. the way we were, Books, Movies, Miller, Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman, the crucible

Ralph Ellison

climach wrote 9 months ago: Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison, left me in awe. It had sat on my shelf for years, in a … more →

Tags: 05. write like a man, 04. the rational fear of paranoia, 16. us and them, Ellison, Books, Ralph Ellison, invisible man

Charles Dickens

climach wrote 11 months ago: A Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations Oliver Twist … more →

Tags: 14. writing fighting, 16. us and them, dickens, Books, Charles Dicekns, A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities

Soren Kierkegaard

climach wrote 1 year ago: I knew Kierkegaard was a 19th-century northern-European philosopher. I’d heard that he was a depre … more →

Tags: 05. write like a man, 04. the rational fear of paranoia, 07. seeing beyond, 02. the way things are (maybe), 03. the way things should be (maybe), 12. when the lights go out, Piper, Kierkegaard, Books

Neil Gaiman

climach wrote 1 year ago: With Neil Gaiman, I’ve been procrastinating; partly because I don’t want it to be a year since I … more →

Tags: 07. seeing beyond, 19. just say it, Moore, Gaiman, Chesterton, Shakespeare, Books, Neil Gaiman, G.K. Chesterton

Larry Crabb

climach wrote 1 year ago: I found some notes I wrote after reading Inside Out years ago: “wonderfully refreshing in the lack … more →

Tags: 04. the rational fear of paranoia, 07. seeing beyond, 02. the way things are (maybe), 12. when the lights go out, Tolstoy, Crabb, Books, Larry Crabb, inside out

Richard Adams

climach wrote 1 year ago: “It’s about rabbits.” Those three words kept me from taking Watership Down off my shelf for ye … more →

Tags: 05. write like a man, Adams, Tolkien, Books, Richard Adams, Watership Down

Hans Christian Anderson

climach wrote 1 year ago: Fairy tales have happy endings, they say. “They,” being people who haven’t read Ha … more →

Tags: 07. seeing beyond, Anderson, Grimm, Dahl, Snickett, Fairy Tales, Hans Christian Anderson, Books, Children's Books

Susan Faludi

climach wrote 1 year ago: Susan Faludi’s Stiffed is peerless. Absolutely outstanding journalism and a quick sense of irony m … more →

Tags: 05. write like a man, Wolfe, 02. the way things are (maybe), 06. what women want, 16. us and them, Palahniuk, Eldridge, Faludi, Books

Shisaku Endo

climach wrote 1 year ago: Twenty pages into Silence, I knew I was in the presence of a Master. I’ve tried for we … more →

Tags: 05. write like a man, 07. seeing beyond, 12. when the lights go out, 16. us and them, Endo, Books, Shisaku Endo, Japanese Literature, Silence

C.S. Lewis

climach wrote 1 year ago: Edgar Rice Burroughs was the first author who hooked me on something. Dicken … more →

Tags: 07. seeing beyond, 02. the way things are (maybe), Lewis, 03. the way things should be (maybe), 12. when the lights go out, 01. the way we were, 19. just say it, dickens, CS Lewis

e.e. cummings

climach wrote 1 year ago:   How do you review poetry? seventy three poems and ninety five poems were finds at the first u … more →

Tags: 05. write like a man, 19. just say it, cummings, e.e., Piper, Books, John Piper, ee cummings, Desiring God, seventy three poems

Yasunari Kawabata

climach wrote 1 year ago: Approach A Thousand Cranes as if it were a poem instead of a novel. If you don’t, you’ll … more →

Tags: 16. us and them, Books, Kawabata, a thousand cranes, Yasunari Kawabata

Leo Tolstoy

climach wrote 1 year ago: I heard Tolstoy praised for several decades before I dared read him because a) he’s Russian, and b … more →

Tags: 05. write like a man, Wolfe, 03. the way things should be (maybe), 12. when the lights go out, 14. writing fighting, Tolstoy, dickens, Books, Anna Karenina

Tom Wolfe

climach wrote 1 year ago: I’ve noticed as I’ve started writing these reviews that it’s much easier to write a critical r … more →

Tags: 05. write like a man, Wolfe, 18. case studies, 02. the way things are (maybe), 14. writing fighting, 16. us and them, 01. the way we were, Tolstoy, DeLillo

Jane Austen

climach wrote 1 year ago: Do you ever leave current romantic comedies thinking of how funny When Harry Met Sally o … more →

Tags: 08. paging through frappuccino, 06. what women want, Austen, Books, Movies, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Romantic Comedy


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