A Book Lover’s Survey ☀
Can you name…
- A book you threw across the room in anger
- A book in which you underlined nearly every sentence.
- A book you were surprised to love.
- A book you can’t wait to read.
My answers:
Threw across the room: Slouching Towards Gomorrah by Robert Bork. Not even Ann Coulter was this infuriating — I totally went into this with an open mind, but the pretzel twisting logic Bork, what I perceived to be an intelligent fellow, contorts to back his assessments was truly boggling.
Underlined nearly every sentence: The Naked Now by Richard Rohr. Blew my mind…
Surprised to love: A tossup between Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion by Jan Heinrichs and Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism by Eric Burns. Thank You for Arguing was a repeat library checkout and reread, and then I purchased and have read multiple times, while I see reviews that critique it for its littering of over-aged pop references, and it’s written in annoying bullet point style, it truly was a gem that also inspired me to go deeper and explore the ancient writings on rhetoric. Infamous Scribblers was a fascinating read for me, focused on the intersection of journalism in early colonial and subsequent newly independent America.
Cannot wait to read: this title by Richard Rohr that has now vanished from Amazon, this three-in-one volume titled Kingdom, Grace, Judgment: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus that I just received, and finally, Word Hero: What Shakespeare, Napoleon, and Chris Rock Can Teach You about Dazzling Phrasecraft by Jay Heinrichs
Your turn! How about you?
