Saturday, April 22, 2017

Vicious Circle by C.J. Box

The latest in the Joe Pickett series. This is essentially a coda to the prior book in the series, and resolves the storyline with the Cates family.

Methodical Realism by Etienne Gilson

A short but brilliant work on realist philosophy and its fundamental differences from idealism. I've been meaning to read it for years.

Sunday, April 9, 2017

The Modern Scholar: A History of the Church in the Middle Ages by Thomas Madden

A series of lectures reviewing church history spanning the Middle Ages. Good but not great. Listened to this while running.

The Black Echo by Michael Connelly

The first in the Harry Bosch series of detective novels. Bosch, a Vietnam vet and a "tunnel rat", finds an old Vietnam comrade dead in a pipe, murdered. The investigation leads him to discover a conspiracy involving a gang of vets and, as might be expected but that is nonetheless satisfying, has him once again battling the bad guys in tunnels. A solid book in the old style.

Saturday, April 1, 2017

Strangers in a Strange Land by Archbishop Charles Chaput

Excellent book discussing how to live as faithful Catholics in a post-Christian America.