Rereading Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses By Bruce Feiler. I was inspired to reread this book about an American Jewish’s man quest to retrace the first five books of the Bible with an Israeli Archeologist after visiting Egypt. I have long enjoyed his books – having read almost all of them – and I saw sights in Egypt that were attributed to Biblical history (for example we saw the well that is supposedly over the spot where Moses landed in his basket in Coptic Cairo and signs for a tree under which Joseph and Mary took shelter with the Baby Jesus while fleeing Herod). Having seen all that Ramses II built and remembering that he was mythological tied to Moses, I wanted to refresh myself on some of this work. It is well written and interesting for anyone interested in exploring the historical origins of the stories – as well as their spiritual truth. (Fielder revisits Egypt in some of his other works – notably Abraham and Where God Was Born).
The Alexandria Quartet – by Lawrence Durrell. I was recommended these by my mother. They focus on the city just after World War II before the military regime, and are supposed to well epitomize the city and culture of the country at that time.
Union Atlantic – by Adam Haslett. I picked this up at the Regulator and was immediately impressed by the reviews. I will give you an update when I know more – but it is supposed to be about the spiraling financial crisis. I have seen reviews that are outstanding – I am hoping it lives up to the hype.
The Big Short : Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis – what can I say, I love Liar’s Poker and MoneyBall.
I just finished The Fourth Star: Four Generals and The Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army by David Cloud and Greg Jaffe. This book describes the careers of Generals Abizaid, Casey, Chiarelli and Petraeus, none of whom were soldiers who fell in line easily – all in their own way set unique career paths and used the Army to explore interests, militarily and personally. As such, when they came to power they were, to varying extents, willing to bring their unique life experiences to the table. Sometimes this worked for them, sometimes it did not, and sometimes politics got in the way of them all – but it provides an interesting picture of the men who ran/run the Army today and I think should be read by people interested not just in the current and recent war policies but also those who think that the Army is monolithic and only creates one type of person who thinks in a box. While it is a bureaucracy, it is also filled with individuals, and this book presents a portrait of four of them. I really enjoyed this book and found it informative on many different levels.
Moby Dick by Melville – What can I say – it’s my white whale – literally.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy - I started rereading this in Egypt and was struck again by the life in these characters.
As well as a pile of others that need to be started – if they are any good reviews will go up when done (think Postcards from a Dead Girl, and a bunch of plays by Oscar Wilde and Sophocles the sets of which I have not read in years) as well as one that I am not in love with and keep trying to finish as so many others seem to love them…Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand and The Elegance of the Hedgehog – neither of which I am that interested in after giving them a decent shot.
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Elegance of the Hedgehog is wonderful, really wonderful but you have to plug away on faith in the recommendation of those whom you respect. it is somewhere somewhere around 1/3 to 1/2 of the way it becomes spellbinding. You can argue that a book that takes that long to get inot isn’t worth it, but in this case, it is And having read it, going back to th beginning and reading again, you can really see the richness of the writing and the theme.
I got about 1/2 way through it and still did not enjoy anything at all. I have head what you are saying from many people – for me, it did not work.