I forgot how much I love reading good fiction. Many other folks said the pacing was slow, and while I agree to some extent, I think Miller used the pacing to reflect on immortality and the true length of time for one who is immortal.
Gorgeous storytelling!
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sjchristopher reviewed Circe by Madeline Miller
Review of 'Circe' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
Gorgeous storytelling!
sjchristopher reviewed Indian horse by Richard Wagamese
Review of 'Indian horse' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
Searing indictment of the Canadian residential school system. Previously read for Canadian Politics at Ohio State.
sjchristopher reviewed Columbus Names the Flowers by Robert A. Davies
sjchristopher reviewed Go Tell It on the Mountain (Modern Library) by James Baldwin (Modern Library)
Review of 'Go Tell It on the Mountain (Modern Library)' on 'Storygraph'
Surprisingly can't read 4 books at once ! I'll come back to this when I finish everything else I'm working through :))
In his classic The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Max Weber famously showed …
Review of 'Christianity and the new spirit of capitalism' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
Absolutely brilliant! I loved this so much :')
sjchristopher reviewed Suddenly last summer by Tennessee Williams
Review of 'Suddenly last summer' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
"We're all of us children in a vast kindergarten trying to spell God's name with the wrong alphabet blocks!"
Brilliant. Just brilliant.
Brilliant. Just brilliant.
sjchristopher reviewed Stripping of the Altars by Eamon Duffy
Review of 'Stripping of the Altars' on 'Storygraph'
my god is it dull
sjchristopher rated Gideon the Ninth: 5 stars

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #1)
Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off …
sjchristopher reviewed The Masker by Torrey Peters
sjchristopher rated Black theology and black power.: 5 stars

Black theology and black power. by James H. Cone (Seabury paperback, SP 59)
sjchristopher rated Normal life: 4 stars

Normal life by Dean Spade
"Wait-what's wrong with rights? Much of the legal advocacy for trans and gender nonconforming people in the US has reflected …
sjchristopher rated No Future: 5 stars
sjchristopher rated Mutual Aid: 3 stars

Mutual Aid by Dean Spade
Mutual aid is the radical act of caring for each other while working to change the world.
Around the globe, …