Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald The Book Oblivion online community is starting a book club and we invite you to be a part of it. Our first choice is Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler. Historical fiction is always fun, even if only for the name dropping that occurs every […]
When Nietzsche Wept and the Christian Faith
Time cannot be broken; that is our greatest burden. And our greatest challenge is to live in spite of that burden.” Last night I read past my bedtime to finish a remarkable book. For some reason When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel of Obsession by Irvin D. Yalom was never on my radar before a few months […]
Summer Reading List – Teacher’s Edition
I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.” ~John Steinbeck Summer is here! Enter self-care, family time, and relaxation. […]
10 Blog Writing Tips With Book Recommendations
I regret nothing. I say that in the spirit of the beautiful French song that is now synonymous with the 2010 Christopher Nolan film, Inception, “Non, je ne regrette rien,” I, too, regret nothing about my blogging journey. The 10 blog writing tips are ones I learned the hard way. Nonetheless, it’s fun to assess […]
Reading Between the Lines of Falling Man by Don DeLillo
“Every time she saw a videotape of the planes she moved a finger toward the power button on the remote. Then she kept on watching. The second plane coming out of that ice blue sky, this was the footage that entered the body, that seemed to run beneath her skin, the fleeting sprint that carried […]
The Anatomy of the Perfect Reading Space
My friend, Sky, and I share a love for all things books and she knew how much I would appreciate the reading space her husband designed for her. And I do. It brought my heart joy, knowing how special this gift has to be for her. It’s one of the most thoughtful gifts I’ve ever […]
Write Like Murakami! The Best First Lines of His Mind-Bending Stories
It takes so little time for writers like Haruki Murakami to abduct you into their mind-bending worlds. Revisiting some of these first lines will make you laugh, while others will make you wonder. The rest might even bore you a little, despite how exciting the novel ends up. Here are the best first lines from his […]
The Book Oblivion Story
“A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion.” ~Umberto Eco I care about your mind. I just […]
One Sentence Reviews of the Best Reads of 2014
Life is short. Read fast. The following books were the best ones I read all year from each of my reading categories. Professional Development Clueless in Academe: How Schooling Obscures the Life of the Mind by Gerald Graff I teach through They Say, I Say, a writing text by the same author, and this book […]
New to Murakami? Start here ==>
“But who can say what’s best? That’s why you need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much. My experience tells me that we get no more than two or three such chances in a life time, and if we let them go, […]