I’ve Always Thought of Jesus as a Petulant Rock Star: The Book List
I was about to turn off the lights when I remembered that, having finished two books this week, I needed to update the book list. Long commutes and the spectacular sun (when it appears) lend themselves to nice reading time. Often, IP and I will go outside on weekends and read after a hike (or talk, depending on our goals–if it’s to goof off or talk about something seriously, our books get ignored). However, IP has tasked me with a new, tough goal–to finish reading Don Quixote on my flight back from Michigan this weekend. Eep! We’ll see how that goes. In the meantime, a new Vowell book and the Ehrman book get added to the list, while Alvarez is added to “Currently Reading.” Vowell’s book was of course interesting and hilarious, while Ehrman’s was interesting if not altogether surprising (it’s nice to see the textual edits detailed, though, because I wouldn’t know where they came into play myself). Ehrman discusses, in some detail, the idea of Jesus being quite miffed at any implication that he can’t do what is asked of him–in this way, Ehrman confirms my secret idea that Jesus was something of a pouty, overconfident famous kid to his all-powerful and overworked mogul dad, and both hate to have their talents questioned. Anyway, enough babbling–onto the book list:
Finished:
1) The Last Days of Henry VIII: Conspiracy, Treason and Heresy at the Court of the Dying Tyrant by Robert Hutchinson
2) Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
3) Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
4) Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
5) One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
6) Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
7) The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell
8) Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why by Bart D. Ehrman
Re-read:
1) Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
Currently Reading:
1) Saving the World by Julia Alvarez
Waiting To Be Read (Already Purchased, Got as Gifts, Borrowed from My Boyfriend, or Otherwise Accessible without the Use of Funds, But Not an Assurance That I Will Read These Before I Buy More Books):
1) Lost for Words: Hidden History of Oxford English Dictionary by Lynda Mugglestone
2) Whose Bible Is It?: A History of the Scripture through the Ages by Jaroslav Pelikan
3) Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
