Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Post Quarantine Books Part 1:

After the marathon of reading during the quarantine and life happening, my list of finished books were rather short for each week, so I waited for a month long list.

Eye of the Storm: The Silent Grief of Miscarriage by Rachel McGrath
Non-fiction: E-book
A short book on the author's loss.

Dealing with Grief: How to Cope and Heal After the Death of a Loved One by Paul Stanton
Non-fiction: E-book
A short book going over the basics of the grieving process.

The Onion and Philosophy: Fake News Story True, Alleges Indignant Area Professor (Popular Culture and Philosophy #54) Ed. by Sharon M. Kaye
Non-Fiction: Pop Culture, Essay 286 pages
This book had a couple sub-par essays at the beginning the negatively effect the feel of the whole book.  Like it starts with an essay against religion using the arguments that science can't prove God and WhAt AbOuT tHe PrObLeM oF pAiN? which mostly isn't about philosophy and the part that is about philosophy they deal with poorly.  A later essay also goes into the problem of pain as well and discusses why they think what they do based on philosophical arguments, like the book is about.  (Both essays come to the same basic conclusion, so its not like I like one more because I agree with it, just that they actually deals with the question using philosophical arguments.)

John Adams: A Life From Beginning to End (President Biographies Book 2) by Hourly History
Non-fiction: Biography, History, E-book
A friend suggested watching a bio on Adams for the 4th of July, given that he was a founding father who didn't own slaves and wasn't for slavery.  As I did not have the time to watch it, I picked up the book instead.

The Sixth Gun Volume 1 Deluxe Edition (The Sixth Gun #1, 2) by Cullen Bunn,
Illustrated by:  Brian Hurtt
Fiction: Graphic Novel, Fantasy, 368 pages
This graphic novel takes place after the Civil War and has a cowboy/western theme.  It revolves around a collection of guns, each with magical abilities.  These guns also bond with their owners and most of the guns seam only to bond with evil men.

Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Fiction, Classic, Play, E-book
Read for a class. It is Shakespeare, I'm sure you all know the plays of Shakespeare.