The book is Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk. It was originally published in 1999 by W.W. Norton. I read the 2018 paperback edition. I read it in May of 2024. The title refers to the main character Shannon. It's no spoiler to say that she is a supermodel that gets shot in the face. Throughout the book... Continue Reading →
The book is Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier. It was originally published in 2020 by Regnery Publishing. I read the 2021 paperback edition. I read it in April of 2024. The title refers to the irreversible damage that is being done right now to girls all over America. The subtitle is "The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters."... Continue Reading →
The book is Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. It was originally published in 1985 by Penguin Random House. I read the Vintage International 1992 paperback edition. I read it in April of 2024. The phrase blood meridian is never specifically mentioned, but there are allusions to it. "The sun was just down and to the west lay reefs of... Continue Reading →
The book is Mission of God by Joe Boot. It was originally published in 2014 by Freedom International Press Inc. I read the second edition hardcover published in 2016. I read it in March of 2024. I don't remember it specifically mentioned in the book but to me the meaning of the title is what God is... Continue Reading →
The book is The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie. It was originally published in 1988 by Viking, a Penguin group. I read the 2008 Random House paperback edition. I read it in February of 2024. The title refers to a set of heretical verses in the Quran that were apparently removed for various reasons. The verses indicate that... Continue Reading →
"He could almost see his magnificent father, here ...in the mind's eye—if only he might drop from the clouds and drive these suitors all in a rout throughout the halls and regain his pride of place and rule his own domains!" -- The Odyssey (p81 Homer) Every man should get a job, start a family,... Continue Reading →
The book is Children of Ash and Elm by Neil Price. It was originally published by Basic Books in 2020. I read the 2022 paperback edition. I read it in February of 2024. The title refers to the creation of the Viking people by the gods. "The man is Askr, the ash tree. The woman is Embla, the... Continue Reading →
The book is The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell. It was originally published in 2006 by Harper Collins. I read the 2007 paperback edition. I read it in January of 2024. The title refers to a Viking character named Svein. He's the main villain of this installment of Cornwell's Last Kingdom series. I'm reading this book series because... Continue Reading →
The book is Discourses by Epictetus. It was originally written down by a student of Epictetus around 108 AD. I read the Penguin Classics 2008 paperback edition. I read it in January of 2024. The title refers to the conversations Epictetus had with his students to prove the points of his philosophy. I read this... Continue Reading →
The book is Suttree by Cormac McCarthy. It was originally published by Random House in 1979. I read the paperback edition. I read it in January of 2024. The title refers to the main character Cornelius Suttree. He's a man who lives in Knoxville Tennessee. He lives on a little house boat on the river as a fisherman.... Continue Reading →
Solomon White 