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Atlas Shrugged, part 2, chapter 10
In many ways, this book reminds me of reading Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth. I read that book as assigned reading in college and it was just painful. It was well written, but that actually made...
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Atlas Shrugged, part 3, chapter 1
Part 3, Chapter 1 Ha-ha-ha! Just… I can’t even… Ha-ha-ha! Ha! Ha-ha-ha! Ha-ha-ha! This is awesome. It is so incredibly ludicrous. This is John Galt’s solution? Ha-ha-ha! Ha-ha-ha! Hee! It’s just, okay,...
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Atlas Shrugged, part 3, chapter 2
Part 3, chapter 2: The Utopia of Greed There’s a weird dichotomy in this whole book between what the characters are actually doing and what they (and Rand) describe them as doing. The level of...
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Atlas Shrugged (Section 3, Chapters 3 and 4)
By Ayn Rand Much appreciation for Rebecca, who took over for me for Chapter 2 this week since I fell so far behind in my reading because of my head cold. Also, I found Section 3’s first two chapters,...
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Atlas Shrugged, part 3, chapter 5
Part 3, Chapter 5: Their Brother’s Keepers The sheer hypocrisy of this book is wearing me down. The reader is given in-depth looks at the thought-processes of our protagonists. The protagonists have...
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Atlas Shrugged, part 3, chapter 6
Section 3, Chapter 6: The Concerto of Deliverance This chapter is a lot more palatable than the last one. The bad guys are just as irrationally hypocritical as the good guys, but they are acknowledged...
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Atlas Shrugged, part 3, chapter 7
Section 3, Chapter 7: “This is John Galt Speaking” Writing up this chapter gave me a sharp reminder that this blog is a book-review blog rather than a philosophy forum. Anna has had to hold me back...
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Atlas Shrugged (Part 3, Chapters 8-10)
By Ayn Rand Chapter 7 broke me, people. I only got through it with a generous bribe of Starbucks. I would go into the Starbucks, get my mocha, and force myself to sit there and read Chapter 7 until I’d...
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Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged By Ayn Rand 1957 This is a difficult book to sum up. I have 89 pages of single-spaced, typed notes, made over the course of nine-weeks of reading. The one real strength to this book is...
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In Lieu of Books . . . Links
Last week everything I had on hold at the library came in all at once, and every single book is big and giant and something I desperately want to read (Clockwork Princess! Life After Life! The...
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