false 5 483 482 true 5784985 read 0 true 4987597 currently-reading 1 true 4987583 to-read 74 false 4990732 poetry 48 false 4991041 spirituality 47 false 4991045 fiction 37 false 4990731 haiku 36 false 5001760 non-fiction 30 false 4990735 essays 30 false 4994559 theology 29 false 4993785 ministry 20 false 4990736 bible 20 false 4993821 science 8 false 4991048 writing 6 false 4993820 philosophy 6 false 4995033 anthropology 4 false 4995107 garden 2 false 4993749 history <![CDATA[Mark added 'Leavings: Poems']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77061850 to: Leavings: Poems (Hardcover) by Wendell Berry
bookshelves: poetry
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bookshelves: spirituality
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bookshelves: anthropology
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bookshelves: spirituality
]]> <![CDATA[Mark added 'I Am a Strange Loop']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55307764 to: I Am a Strange Loop (Hardcover) by Douglas R. Hofstadter
bookshelves: philosophy
I kept hoping that Hofstadter would run around the loop for us a few times so that I could get to see just how this loop works. In that I was disappointed. What the author did do, however, was good, challenging, and inspiring of further thought. The most helpful part of the book for me was the revelation of Gödel's work. ]]> <![CDATA[Mark is on page 259 of I Am a Strange Loop ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55307764 Mark is on page 259 of 384 of I Am a Strange Loop ]]> <![CDATA[Mark added 'Complete Minimal Poems']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59777968 to: Complete Minimal Poems (Paperback) by Aram Saroyan
Some good little poems.

Some fun play with sound:
"corporate pirates"

Some interesting juxtaposition:
a cartoon
of
energy

Some heightened images:
"nnausea"

My favorite (probably because it relates to another book I'm reading):
I leaps

through
my eyes

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bookshelves: non-fiction
The scope of this book is truly grand as Alan Weisman follows his thought experiment around the world and into specialties. Some of the segments are intriguing. My favorite was the discussion of the ecology of the Korean DMZ. But others I had to push myself to make it through.
The summing up in the last chapter was quick, shallow and unrealistic. Maybe the big picture is just too big. ]]> <![CDATA[Mark added 'Walking to Martha's Vineyard']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57692531 to: Walking to Martha's Vineyard (Paperback) by Franz Wright
bookshelves: poetry
I enjoyed the poems in this book and their flow from one to the next. It was easy to read. Nothing jarring or jagged, raw or surprising. There are, however some fresh metaphors.
I appreciated the way the poet approached the themes of aging and death.
The entire book rests in a spirit of prayer. Like the Psalms, these poem alternately address the reader, God, the creation and the author's soul.
My favorite poem of the collection: "The Only Animal" ]]> <![CDATA[Mark added 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56578121 to: The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley (Mass Market Paperback) by Malcolm X
bookshelves: non-fiction
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