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Books have to be heavy because the world's inside them. - Cornelia Funke

Thursday, June 25, 2026

The Riches of a New Book - Elizabeth Goudge Quote

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One especially poignant and influential character in Elizabeth Goudge's novel The White Witch is Parson Hawthyn. He lives in extreme po...
Thursday, June 4, 2026

The Iliad of Homer - Part Two

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In my last post , I shared details of reading The Iliad , and of being pleasantly surprised with its accessibility. In this post I want to a...
Thursday, May 14, 2026

The Iliad by Homer - Part One

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I was challenged by Don Beck in his Substack to tackle some of the classics I’ve been putting off for years. So, I took a deep breath and p...
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Thursday, April 30, 2026

Prophetic Words from John Buchan

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John Buchan (1875-1940) was a politician and author who is most widely remembered for his Richard Hannay series of novels . In his autobiogr...
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Friday, April 17, 2026

Final Thoughts on Kindle Unlimited

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I've dipped into Kindle Unlimited whenever I could get a good deal, and have had mixed feelings as you can tell from  this post , and th...
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Thursday, April 2, 2026

Breaking Bread with the Dead by Alan Jacobs

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According to Alan Jacobs, as our society becomes more and more immersed in digital realities, we are losing our personal density.  He wrote ...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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In a recent post I talked about the “100 Books with Dante” method of tackling daunting classics by reading short chunks each day with a kno...
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