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New non-fiction read: The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, who also co-authored the phenomenal book The Coddling of the American Mind. This work examines the rapid rise of mental health issues among today's youth. #JonathanHaidt #TheAnxiousGeneration #bookx #BookTwitter

Next non-fiction read: Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson. His book Rocket Men was excellent, and reviews on this one are stellar. #ShadowDivers #RobertKurson #Uboat #LostSubmarine #bookx #booktwt #BookTwitter #WW2

Next non-fiction read: A History of the American People by Paul Johnson. #booktwt #bookx #BookTwitter #readinglife

“The laws of physics and physiology will never reveal the indisputable manner in which the Creator constantly, day in and day out, participates in the life of each of us, unfailingly granting us the energy of existence; when this assistance leaves us, we die.”

"I cannot remember a time when I was not in love with them--with the books themselves, cover and binding and the paper they were printed on, with their smell and their weight and with their possession in my arms, captured and carried off to myself." Eudora Welty

Reading the 2023 Booker Prize Winner: Prophet Song by Paul Lynch. Dystopian fiction, very relevant these days. #ProphetSong #PaulLynch #bookX #booktwt #gottaread #BookerPrize2023

“Over half a century ago, while I was still a child, I recall hearing a number of older people offer the following explanation for the great disasters that had befallen Russia: ‘Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has happened.’ Since then I have spent well-nigh 50 years

Reread the classics. They're still around for a reason.

Historian Tom Holland: The ancient world was incredibly cruel. Most modern secular people do not realize how much they have absorbed a Christian worldview. Concepts like the rule of law and human rights do not go back to the Greek or Roman philosophers. They go back to the New

The Franco-Prussian War? Okay, let's do it. Emile Zola never disappoints. Book #3 of the New Year. #EmileZola #TheDebacle #PenguinBooks #booktwt #bookx

Of the 90 books I read last year, Philipp Meyer's epic literary western The Son was easily in my top three favorites. Going back a few years for this novel. #PhilipMeyer #AmericanRust #booktwt #bookstagram #Reading #books #bibliophile

Current read: Nightwoods by Charles Frazier. Taking a chance on this one, but I liked his novel Cold Mountain. #CharlesFrazier #Nightwoods #bookX #BookTwitter #readerforlife #gottaread #bibliophile

"All you had to do was pull a book from the shelf and open it and suddenly the darkness was not so dark anymore."---Ray Bradbury

*Next up- My eleventh Faulkner novel: The Sound and the Fury. Reading the works of William Faulkner is seldom easy, but it is deeply rewarding. #WilliamFaulkner #TheSoundAndTheFury #YoknapatawphaCounty #books #booktwt #bookX #ConstantReader #FaulknerFebruary

Next up: The House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. This will be my fourth novel by this phenomenal writer. #Dostoyevsky #Dostoevsky #TheHouseOfTheDead #CrimeAndPunishment #BrothersKaramazov #book #books #booktwt #bookx #ConstantReader

My upcoming Non-Fiction: historian Tom Holland's Dominion. I've been wanting to read this one for a while. #TomHolland #Dominion #HistoryOfChristianity #book #books #booktwt #bookx #booktwitter #ConstantReader

"I was startled not for the first time or the last to realize what far from ordinary souls are concealed within deceptively ordinary exteriors."  ---Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Gulag Archipelago

"I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book. Because reading is one of the joys of life, and once you begin, you can't stop, and you've got so many stories to look forward to." ---Benedict Cumberbatch

I've had this Pulitzer winner on my shelf forever, but have never gotten around to reading it. Now's the time. #AnthonyDoerr #AllTheLightWeCannotSee #ConstantReader #OmnivorousReader #books #Bookx #PulitzerPrize #booktwt

It's always good to have a short story collection going on the side. In my opinion, few writers did short fiction as well as the late Raymond Carver. #RaymondCarver #constantreader #CallIfYouNeedMe #Cathedral #BookX #booktwitter #booktwt #shortfiction