Ataraxia

  Everything That Rises Must Converge is a chef d’oeuvre by Flannery O’Connor, which is ranked 494 th on The Greatest Books of All Time site, and it is part of my Top 100 Favorites – you find thousands of reviews on magnum opera from The GOAT and other web pages on my blog   https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube page, the latter has my macaws at the forefront   10 out of 10   Everything That Rises Must Converge https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/08/everything-that-rises-must-converge-by.html is a spectacular collection of short stories that is in the 494 th position on The Greatest Books of All Time site, and one of my Absolute Favorites – this is the second time that I am reading it   In fact, this time it is an audiobook format, so I am listening to the Collection – in the meantime, I have searched for Flannery O’Connor and found that she had...

Malone Dies by Samuel Beckett is included on some of the most prestigious lists, including The Bokklubben World Library Best 100 Books of All Time, Le Monde’s Best 100 Novels, 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read, it is ranked 274 th on the Greatest Books of All Time site, alas, it is not one of my Top 1,000 Favorites, not even if I go up to 5k I am afraid – you find reviews of magnum opera from the aforementioned and other web pages on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html   6 out of 10   I have enjoyed Waiting for Godot https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/04/waiting-for-godot-by-samuel-beckett.html which is 94th on The Greatest Books of All time site, nevertheless, Malone Dies had to be more or less abandoned- this being an audiobook, it went on in my ear, but without much impact, especially in the second part   ‘Isn’t it absurd to try to write a “common sense” no...

  The Seinfeld Scripts by Jerry Seinfeld – that was one of the best comedy series ever, they are still airing on some channels here, and you can probably find them on demand on HBO Max or some other places – by the way, or now for something completely different - there are thousands on notes on films from The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and other sites on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel, where my macaws are outstanding   9 out of 10   I have been watching Seinfeld for a few times, some episodes may have been on Television three times, and although there is something about the actor and creator that is not exactly charming, the show was such a massive success https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-seinfeld-scripts-by-jerry-seinfeld.html   Some things may apply to my present state- we were speaking about the Uncle Leo episode, where he takes a book from the shop ...

  The Military Philosophers by Anthony Powell is the ninth volume of the chef d’oeuvre A Dance To The Music of Time, which is part of a few sections of the crème de la crème, including The All-TIME 100 Best Novels, Modern Library’s Best 100 Novels, The 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read…on the Greatest Books of All Time site it is ranked 342 nd , but key for this place, here, it is one of my Top 25 Favorites – you find reviews on magnum opera from the aforementioned and other web pages on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel, where my macaws are the main attraction   10 out of 10   A Dance to The Music of Time is a divine, glorious work of art https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-soldiers-art-is-eighth-volume-of.html the downside here would be that there are only three volumes left, The Military Philosophers is the ninth, however, I will read this a third time   Insha’Allah – there...

  The Late George Apley Did not really enjoy it, but it is my fault You can bet this book is really good. But then I missed on all that…not totally, but most of it. Having said that, a spoiler is in order for I am just thinking about this book here and what it meant to me. But the lines that will be posted here do not have much, if anything to do with The Late George Apley. I went to about 54% and gave up, not on account of any failure of the book, writing this seems preposterous- -            Look at me as I give verdicts on books that are established classics… It is not a question of quality, like in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance- quality is a complicated concept, which can sometimes be simplified and taken to mean some kind of Zen or the Way, Dao. These notes express only an Impression, a subjective opinion referring to the temperature outside, the stress of the coming autumn and more… It just happens that one book wh...

  Wings of Desire written and directed by Wim Wenders is one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made – you find thousands of notes on films from The NYT 1,000 and other sites on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and my YouTube channel, where my macaws are the stars   8 out of 10   I am not sure if I did not like Paris, Texas https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/08/paris-texas-written-by-sam-shepard-and.html directed by the same acclaimed Wim Wenders more than Wings of Desire, which seems somewhat depressing, albeit it is clearly a case where the world is upside down, and it affects everything   Spoiler alert: I will digress, more than that, I may not even touch on Wings of Desire except in passing because my mind is on other (calamitous) things, so here we have it, a success with the critics, I can see it has a lot to say, but I was not really in the mood for a black and white – with some co...