Filed under: Currently Reading | Tags: Currently Reading, Religion, The Year of Living Biblically
This book by A.J. Jacobs was recommended by my former TOK teacher. Basically, the author, who in a previous book had apparently read the whole encyclopedia, decides to live literally as possible according to the Bible. (Non-fiction.) I found it rather witty and thoughtful. But also thought-provoking. One of the things that the author cited as his reasoning was that he wondered whether his child was better off raised with or without religion. I, too have wondered whether it would be better raising a kid with or without religion. I know it’s not exactly something i have to worry about now, but still I want to be prepared. Though I’m technically Hindu, I’ve been going off on an agnostic and/or atheist pathway for a few years now. I have friends who are Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, or atheist, and they’ve all turned out fine. So how can you tell? On one hand, you could just leave it til they choose on their own accord; on the other you can raise them in your religion and hope they’re happy living with it (as many seem to be).
That was the main thing I was pondering when I read this book, but seeing the progress of the beard was funny too. I wonder if the author still likes to Google himself. If so, Hi Mr. Jacobs! : D
Filed under: Currently Reading | Tags: Currently Reading, Enter Three Witches, Macbeth
Enter Three Witches is one of those ‘let’s take a classic and write it from a different point of view’ (this sounds like I’m being negative but I’m not) books by Caroline B. Cooney (yeah, she actually writes other things besides mystery stuff). I think I would have liked it better if I had read the full version of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, but nevertheless it was interesting. It was dark at times and I liked Lady Mary, the main character. It was somewhat predictable though but I guess that’s an inevitability considering it’s genre. Sometimes it felt like the story was focusing on inconsequential characters, but they turned out to be quite important. But still a very enjoyable read, maybe because of my partiality to the genre.
As far as its awesomeness compared to others of it’s genre though, I think ‘Romeo’s Ex’ and ‘Song of the Sparrow’ were the ones I liked better. X D
