‘Tips on How to Read the Bible from Start to Finish’ by Fiza Pathan: Essay This year, I managed to read the Holy Bible from start to finish. I did this in two months. I started reading it on the 21st of March, 2020, and ended on the 11th of May, 2020. I had a lot of teaching, corrections, and writing work to be done, that is why I took a bit longer to read it. I … [Read more...] about ‘Tips on How to Read the Bible from Start to Finish’ by Fiza Pathan: Essay
Literature
‘Open Confession to a Man from a Woman’ by Marie Corelli: Book Review
‘Open Confession to a Man from a Woman’ by Marie Corelli: Book Review This is a book about the flip-side of love. The story is said to be fictional, but the accomplished mistress of sensational writing, Marie Corelli, writes this little novel as if she were truly the woman who underwent the three stages where love was concerned: Initial Love Betrayal … [Read more...] about ‘Open Confession to a Man from a Woman’ by Marie Corelli: Book Review
‘How I read the Bible in Two Months’: Essay
‘How I read the Bible in Two Months’: Essay Since I was a teenager, I’ve loved to read and study the Holy Bible. However, I had never actually read the entire Bible from start to finish at one go. I read certain books of the Bible and ignored others. But in my bibliophile’s heart, there was always this wish that one day I would read the Bible in its entirety. … [Read more...] about ‘How I read the Bible in Two Months’: Essay
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke: Book Review Part 2
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke: Book Review Part 2 In my last blog post, I reviewed the first six letters of Rilke to Kappus. They were highly erudite but very emotional, and sometimes highly sentimental letters on Rilke’s view on sex, lust, God, love, aloneness, and so forth. Today I will examine the remaining four letters and conclude my book review of … [Read more...] about Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke: Book Review Part 2
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke: Book Review Part 1
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke: Book Review Part 1 Letters to a Young Poet is a collection of ten letters written by Rainer Maria Rilke in response to a query from a young struggling poet named Franz Xaver Kappus. Rilke himself was between the ages of 28 and 33 when he wrote these inspirational letters to Kappus. Rilke was struggling with his career, yet … [Read more...] about Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke: Book Review Part 1