His progress through life was hampered by his tremendous sense of his own ignorance, a disability which affects all too few people
Terry Pratchett
The posts in this collection are about books that I have read. As it is with the other collections, there are some still to be ported over from their previous home. Once the collection is complete you will be able to see my – pretty eclectic – reading tastes. There is usually a short summary of what I thought of the book – the more ‘thoughtful’ books getting a longer summary.
I should also add that I really have read some books since 2020 😉
If ever there was a misnomer 🙄 – it really would be unbelievable if this were fiction. I haven’t yet finished reading this – but it is confirmation of all the worst fears about life inside the White House.
A follow up, in a way, to Science and Spiritual Practices.
Another volume about the Rome of Cicero.
It has taken me quite a while to read this – and this is just the abridged version. This is one of those books that I have been intending to read for years and, in many ways, I now wish that I had gotten round to reading it sooner.
Rebus continues…
Once again back to this recurrent theme of the interplay between spirituality and science.
Anyone who has trawled through this large list of “books I have read” will notice that there are some authors who appear frequently – Neal Stephenson, Terry Pratchett, Robert Harris – and others – and amongst the ‘serious” books are many by Rupert Sheldrake. There is a lot of repetition and cross-over within his books – but that is not surprising as what he is really outlining in all of them is his journey towards a very original worldview – and one that I, for one, can take on board as being not too far from my own.
A new author for me, but it is clear from the recent books on this list that there is a bit of a theme going on.
I read this very quickly – and it was both thought provoking and slightly disappointing! The central thesis resonates strongly with my own outlook which can be found throughout the blog entries that there are lots of interconnections in our lives that we know little about – I could link to some of the specific entries that explore this but it permeates so much – whether it is external events that impact on our lives or ourselves unwittingly causing a change for someone else there are lots of “unknowns”.
Change of pace – and a return to Rome. Just started this book – so far it is keeping me interested.
No spoilers, but nothing much happens in this book – well, that’s not strictly accurate, but for a ‘thriller’ it is for the most part devoid of action – perhaps best described as a “political intrigue”. For me, the book also failed to deliver any real surprises – again, that is part of the “nothing happens” feeling – but it did keep me hooked to see how things ended.