Tag: life and other tales
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TBL Book Review: Immortal by Traci L. Slatton
It’s been quite some time since I’ve read this book; I don’t even think that I’ve read this novel more than twice. And yet more than five years since, it still resonates (for some reason). In an age of wonderous beauty and terrible secrets, one man searches for his destiny… In the majestic heart of…
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Tribute: Enheduanna
The Akkadian/Sumerian poet Enheduanna (2285-2250 BCE) is credited with creating the framework of poetry, psalms and prayers used throughout the ancient world –Enheduanna’s compositions were used as the template for the Babylonian prayers, the Hebrew Bible and the Homeric hymns of Greece. Enheduanna is the world’s first author known by name, whose works were inscribed over…
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TBL Book Review: Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Less of a book I’m in love with and more of a constant revelation (that forces me to remain in love), Hamlet is a complex work with copious amounts of intrigue, terror, sword fights and puns. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare at an uncertain date between…
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Today I have reached my tolerance for work; yesterday I was beyond exhaustion. Tomorrow I will sleep before the dawn, and on the next I will carry the earth. Sooner or later I will run out of the words to say: I am tired.
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“Fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over.”
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TBL Book Review: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
I suppose it provides some insight to this little thing called love: we don’t really know why we love something, we just do. And so Wonderland is enjoyable, even though taken apart it is the furthest thing from wonderful. Overall, it’s not just a little bit mad.
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Books: Delta of Venus
At least three people over the weekend have asked me: “What are you reading?” Without a wince, unapologetically and unashamedly I replied: “Porn.” Or perhaps more accurately I should have said erotica. Because that was what it was. Anaïs Nin’s Delta of Venus was a journey into the hot and bothered, into the sexual deviances and discoveries of…
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Also technically an unscheduled holiday because #MarioPH came and ruined all of my plans. I have done nothing the whole day but sleep and maybe study. A little bit.
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TBL Book Review: The Giver (1993)
The Giver (1993) follows a boy named Jonas through the thirteenth year of his life. The society has eliminated pain and strife by converting to “Sameness,” a plant that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives. Jonas is selected to inherit the position of Receiver of Memory, the person who stores all the past…
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