Monthly Archives: October 2021

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

Posted on October 29, 2021 by bseat

Sometimes I come across a book that is an “almost.” It is almost a compulsive read, it is almost a intriguing plot, it is almost profound, but not quite. There is just something that prevents it from being those things … Continue reading →

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Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Posted on October 21, 2021 by bseat

Over the years there have been a few books that explained the world to me in revelatory ways. I think my first experience was a book I read in college about usury. Through that one topic the whole medieval structure … Continue reading →

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Lightning Strike by William Kent Krueger

Posted on October 15, 2021 by bseat

I have really enjoyed reading novels by Krueger. His This Tender Land and Ordinary Grace are quite extraordinary and are on a par with Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead series in terms of the prose and their evocative characters and themes. But Krueger … Continue reading →

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Jack by Marilynne Robinson

Posted on October 8, 2021 by bseat

Marilynne Robinson revisits the characters she made famous in Gilead, Home and Lila, this time focusing on John Ames Broughton (Jack), the prodigal son of the Presbyterian minister in Gilead, Iowa. From the previous books we are aware of the story … Continue reading →

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The Plotters by Un-Su Kim (Translated by Sora Kim-Russell)

Posted on October 1, 2021 by bseat

An assassin must fulfill the requirements of the job they are hired to do. Reseng knows this because he was raised by and now works for one of the most famous killers of all time, Old Raccoon, who runs a … Continue reading →

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