Category: Book Review
Posted on September 3, 2020
by Adam Burgess
7 Comments
Hello, my beloveds. Long time no see! My apologies for the absence. I’m sure many of you, like me, have been struggling with the continued pandemic, the back-to-school season, and the rather horrifying events taking place around the United States and the world, not… Continue Reading “August, #TheSealeyChallenge, and More”
Category: Blog Post, Book Review, Buddhism, Carlos Bulosan, Craig Moreau, D.A. Powell, Eduardo C. Corral, History, Joseph O. Legaspi, Joy Harjo, Ocean Vuong, Poetry, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Sam Sax, The Sealey Challenge, Thich Nhat Hanh, Tommy Pico
Posted on December 4, 2019
by Adam Burgess
6 Comments
A Mixed-Bag During the academic term, I typically find myself reading a lot of young adult fiction. Young adult fiction, while often tackling very serious real-world issues, also tends to be highly readable for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is… Continue Reading “Young Adult Potpourri”
Posted on July 11, 2018
by Adam Burgess
5 Comments
The Outsider by Stephen King was one of my most anticipated releases of 2018, and one of only two books that I actually pre-ordered this year. I’ve always been a King fan, but something about the description and his development over the last couple of… Continue Reading “The Outsider by Stephen King”
Posted on July 5, 2018
by Adam Burgess
9 Comments
In this fourth “potpour-reads” post, I put together some thoughts on three classics, including two works of fiction and one of non-fiction. The first fiction classic is classified by Penguin as a “modern classic” and is sometimes categorized further into “young adult,” although I… Continue Reading “The Outsiders, The Godfather, and A Little History”
Category: Book Review, Classics, E.H. Gombrich, Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Mario Puzo, Non-Fiction, Potpour-reads, S.E. Hinton, Young Adult
Posted on June 24, 2018
by Adam Burgess
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In this third “potpour-reads” post, I share some quick thoughts on three recent reads, all of which were completed in June. Somehow, none of these books are ones from any of my challenge lists. Go figure. I read Lincoln in the Bardo because it is… Continue Reading “Lincoln, Socrates, and A Funeral”
Category: Book Review, Christopher Phillips, Death and Dying, Fiction, George Saunders, Grief/Recovery, Historical Fiction, LGBT, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Potpour-reads, Will Walton, Young Adult
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