One of the linchpins of the utopian society Plato describes in his Republic is the notion that each person should do the job for which she or he is best … Continue reading The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
I gave this one the old college try, but it’s just not working for me. I actually think it’s a fine book with some really insightful gems, like the excellent … Continue reading Coming to Our Senses by Jon Kabat-Zinn
When I was a senior in high school, I was friends with an exchange student, a Russian from Uzbekistan. When the school year ended, she went back to Uzbekistan, and … Continue reading A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki My rating: 4 of 5 stars For December 2014, I had three books to read: Plato’s Republic, Rebecca Goldstein’s Plato at … Continue reading A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won’t Go Away by Rebecca Goldstein My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was the December selection for the Sisters Book Club. Visit our … Continue reading Plato at the Googleplex by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
In 2014, I read 103 books, consisting of a total of 22,721 pages (I stopped reading 6 of these books before finishing them; the page total does not account for this). The … Continue reading 2014: My Year in Books
The Republic by Plato My rating: 3 of 5 stars This was my first experience reading Plato, and it was an interesting one. I would be lying if I said I … Continue reading The Republic by Plato
Next of Kin: What Chimpanzees Have Taught Me about Who We Are by Roger Fouts My rating: 5 of 5 stars Holy moly. This book is awesome. I can’t remember … Continue reading Next of Kin by Roger Fouts
ë Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was a short, fun read, which was quite a treat after some of the more sloggy stuff … Continue reading Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
ZOOM! That was my November. In my reading life, I jumped into the Classics Club SPIN #8 and drew Plato’s The Republic, and flirted with participating in Roof Beam Reader’s … Continue reading Bookends: November 2014
I sit here listening to my candy-addled children climb all over their father, who’s gamely trying to read aloud a chapter from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s The Long Winter, and I … Continue reading Bookends: October 2014
The Hundred-Year House by Rebecca Makkai My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is the Sisters Book Club selection for October. There’s still time to read along with us! Follow … Continue reading The Hundred-Year House by Rebecca Makkai
Imperfect Happiness 