Category: Books
-
Charmides for a day
If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why? I would give anything to go back to ancient Greece and hear Socrates challenging his interlocutors in their dialectic disputes. If I could be someone else for a day, I would choose to be one of Socrates’ youthful disciples. I…
-
Eu, Detetive: O Caso do Sumiço
Share one of the best gifts you’ve ever received. I know that I go back to my childhood for many of my posts. I don’t mean to say that good things haven’t happened recently to me. Definitely, they have. For now, I feel I need to revisit the first impressions I had in my life.…
-
How Jesus Became God
A fascinating look at the divinity of Jesus from the point of view of his contemporaries This book from professor Bart D. Ehrman, How Jesus Became God, was one of the most eye-opening studies I have read about Jesus and early Christianity. From the very beginning it embarks on a journey analyzing the texts of…
-
Book 04: The Long Hitch Home, “a book with a map”
This is a book with a map, and what a map! Jamie Maslin recounts his adventures hitchhiking from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia to London, England. He lives in Hobart now, but London is his hometown. Change the expression “go big or go home.” Instead, try “go big and go home” to give it a different meaning.…
-
An Afternoon at the Opera: The Marriage of Figaro
Going to the Opera is truly a pleasurable experience. You can enjoy the promise of drama. There is also exceptional music and memorable interpretations. These elements all contribute to a cathartic experience. It is live performance. It might not be a blockbuster movie with special effects and CGI. Nonetheless, it is highly effective in appealing…
-
Book 03: Tarot. The Library of Esoterica, “a book you meant to read in 2022”
So, I got this book, Tarot, The Library of Esoterica, for my birthday last year. Although I skimmed through it then, I really wanted to spend quality time with it. I wanted to take my time to read it without rush. History Tarot possesses a rich and extensive tradition. It takes years to understand all…
-
Book 02: Pax, “a book about a pet character”
When you start reading Pax, you feel that everything in this story is unusual. It seems out of place, much like the events in our lives. Peter is a twelve-year-old boy, and when he was about seven he saved Pax, a fox, from certain death. But now there is a war coming. Peter’s dad enlists…
-
Book 01: Pachinko, “a book about a family”
Wow! What a great start for the 2023 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge! I was waiting for some books at the library to become available. I would take them either physically, electronically, or in audio. Then, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee appeared as a lucky loan. I loved, and highly recommend it. This is a family saga…
-
Are we in the middle of an Edgar Allan Poe revival?
Edgar Allan Poe (E. A. P.) hardly needs any introduction. He was an extraordinary writer with a great analytical mind, what was reflected both in his prose and poetry. He was the pioneer in several genres, like the Detective Fiction story, and the emerging Science Fiction. Additionally, Cryptography, Philosophy, Mathematics, Psychology, Cosmology, and Physics were…
-
2022 books in review
These are the books that I have read in 2022. I didn’t have a blog back then, meaning I couldn’t have written a separate review for each one. But I am trying to rectify it now, writing a few words about them before the year end. Philosophy and Science Philosophy Between the Lines: The Lost…
-
Glass Onion, the perfect Christmas mystery movie!
Spoiler alert: I am trying very hard not to give any major spoilers. I am commenting on the Glass Onion movie and the plot. You will learn things that you wouldn’t like to know if you haven’t watched it yet… if so, please pause here and come back after you have watched it, the movie…
-
Like Jacques Pépin says: “Happy Cooking!”
Have you ever watched any of the videos of Jacques Pépin? He teaches how to cook both frugal meals and elaborate dishes. You can check those in a couple of his Facebook channels here and here. He also recently appeared in The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. It was a hilarious competition to discover who…