All Consuming : hannahgrace26

Why I recommend "The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hannahgrace26) — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:14:25 GMT

The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical

by Shane Claiborne

“I truly believe we can overwhelm the darkness of this world by shining something brighter and more beautiful…our world is desperately in need of imagination, for we have spent so much creatvity devising ways destroying our enemies that some folks don’t even think it’s possible (much less practical) to love them.”

A review of "Whos Afraid of Postmodernism?: Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church (Church and Postmodern Culture, The)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hannahgrace26) — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:57:41 GMT

Whos Afraid of Postmodernism?: Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church (Church and Postmodern Culture, The)

by James K. A. Smith

“We don’t know; we can only believe, and such faith will always be mysterious and ambiguous. But this isn’t a bad thing; quite to the contrary, it is liberating and just.
It is precisely when we think we know something about God that we start erecting boundaries and instituting discipline.”

[good thoughts, but overall I found this both too simplistic and specific to satisfy.]

Why I recommend "Little Children (Movie Tie-In)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hannahgrace26) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:26:21 GMT

Little Children (Movie Tie-In)

by Tom Perrotta

“Beauty’s overrated. Only someone who took his own beauty for granted could have been able to say something so outrageously stupid with a straight face.”

Why I recommend "Enduring Love"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hannahgrace26) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:22:59 GMT

Enduring Love

by Ian McEwan

“I found myself using the same phrases, the same adjectives in the same order. It became possible to recount the events without reliving them in the faintest degree, without even remembering them.”

Why I recommend "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hannahgrace26) — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:26:38 GMT

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

“I only know as much about myself as my mind can work out under its current conditions. And its current conditions are not good.”

A story about "Letters to a Young Poet"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hannahgrace26) — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:31:49 GMT

Letters to a Young Poet

by Rainer Maria Rilke

“you must realize…that life has not forgotten you, that it holds you in its hand and will not let you fall”

Why I recommend "Mrs. Dalloway"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hannahgrace26) — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:27:16 GMT

Mrs. Dalloway

by Virginia Woolf

“Absorbing, mysterious, of infinite richness, this life.”

Why I recommend "The Consolations of Philosophy"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hannahgrace26) — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:26:13 GMT

The Consolations of Philosophy

by Alain De Botton

alain de botton
never fails to wow me.
wish he would write more…

A review of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hannahgrace26) — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:56:58 GMT

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)

by J. K. Rowling

(it’s a children’s book!)
and if you keep that in mind?
one of the year’s best.

A review of "Stumbling And Raging: More Politically Inspired Fiction" (rated 2 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (hannahgrace26) — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:41:47 GMT

Stumbling And Raging: More Politically Inspired Fiction

maybe i’m biased.
the only good story was
Dave Eggers’ (of course).

A review of "The 400 Blows" (rated 4 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (hannahgrace26) — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:31:37 GMT

The 400 Blows

boy is amazing!
the movie itself is slow;
watch it for end scene.

A review of "Madame Bovary / Madam Bovary"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hannahgrace26) — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:27:53 GMT

Madame Bovary / Madam Bovary

by Gustave Flaubert

Like Karenina
Except oh! so much better.
Actually liked her.

this is my (rated 4 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (hannahgrace26) — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:22:01 GMT

On Chesil Beach: A Novel

by Ian Mcewan

Second McEwan.
Once again, prose is genius
But his endings suck.

A review of "Worlds Apart: Why Poverty Persists in Rural America"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hannahgrace26) — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 05:01:55 GMT

Worlds Apart: Why Poverty Persists in Rural America

by Cynthia M. Duncan

I read this for a course on poverty and found it to be one of the most informative and readable books on the subject of rural poverty in the U.S.
Duncan’s writing is captivating, and she puts a face on the often overlooked rural poor.