2.5, It had its inspiring moments but overall was full of farce.
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I am an autodidact always looking for new things to learn. I teach high school literature. My main bookish interests are theology, philosophy, poetry, and science fiction/fantasy
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Aidan Reads set a goal to read 50 books in 2024
Aidan Reads started reading Freedom Is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis illuminates the connections between struggles …
Aidan Reads started reading Minor Detail by Adania Shibli
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, Elisabeth Jaquette
Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn as the Nakba—the …
Aidan Reads set a goal to read 52 books in 2023
Aidan Reads rated Saga, Volume 6: 3 stars
Saga, Volume 6 by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples (Saga, #6)
After a dramatic time jump, the three-time Eisner Award winner for Best Continuing Series continues to evolve, as Hazel begins …
Aidan Reads rated Don't Call Us Dead: Poems: 4 stars
Don't Call Us Dead: Poems by Danez Smith
Award-winning poet Danez Smith is a groundbreaking force, celebrated for deft lyrics, urgent subjects, and performative power. Don't Call Us …
Aidan Reads reviewed The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns …
Review of 'The Alchemist' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Aidan Reads rated Gilgamesh: 5 stars
Aidan Reads rated Iliad: The Fitzgerald Translation: 5 stars
Aidan Reads rated Ungrading: 5 stars
Aidan Reads rated Selected Poems: 4 stars
Aidan Reads rated A Black Theology of Liberation: 5 stars
Aidan Reads rated Cenzontle: 4 stars
Cenzontle by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo (The A. Poulin, Jr. new poets of America series -- no. 40)
"A new edition of American contemporary poetry"--
Aidan Reads reviewed The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson
Review of 'The Broken Sword' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Deserves its acclaim as a fantasy masterpiece. I love Anderson’s maximalist language and narration style, it makes the story fittingly feel like an Anglo-Saxon epic. The fantasy elements are wide and wild co-mingling many mythologies and many tropes from ancient epics. My biggest hesitation comes from the melodrama that the writing descends to at some points but overall it’s a well-paced, action-packed story that deserves more readers.