I’m going to reprint a series of three posts in their entirety (with slight edits for continuity/grammar/etc) from an older blog of mine which chronicle my initial experiences with an excellent novel by Tosca Lee entitled Demon: A Memoir. I still highly recommend it and am eagerly looking forward to reading Tosca’s second title Havah. …
Book Review – Fiction: Demon: A Memoir (Author: Tosca Lee). Read More »
Image via Wikipedia Stephen Lawhead is a prolific author. As a teen I always wanted to read his fantasy books but never had the opportunity. I recently borrowed his historical novel, The Iron Lance, from my local library (Pennwood). I’m sure if the librarians stumble across this post they curse my name – the book …
Book Review – Fiction: The Iron Lance (Author: Stephen Lawhead). Read More »
Image via Wikipedia I can’t even remember why, but for some reason recently I had a desire to read Lewis Carroll‘s Alice in Wonderland. I pulled up a copy of the e-text from Project Gutenberg. I hadn’t read the little volume in years. How had it become a classic piece of literature? From all I …
Book Review: Alice in Wonderland (Author: Lewis Carroll). Read More »
[Update: We let our Newsweek subscription expire…it went downhill and downhill fast. I’m not even sure if they still publish it…] I’m big on utilizing the internet for a lot of my research. Books are quickly outdated – even magazines, especially on technology topics, are often outdated before they hit the shelves. But, despite predictions …
As a youngster I was fascinated by the American Civil War. My bookshelves still reflect this fact. I have Freeman’s classic series Lee’s Lieutenants, Bruce Catton’s three volumes on the Army of the Potomac, and Shelby Foote’s three volume series, once considered definitive, on the war. As I grew older my interest waned a bit. …
Book Review: Rise to Rebellion and The Glorious Cause (Author: Jeff Shaara). Read More »
I’m Impressed Philip Pullman is a master in the literary genre. I have rarely read novels with such beauty and depth. His Dark Materials is a trilogy of works including the books The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. These works are rather recent but already deserve to be considered among the …
Book Review: His Dark Materials Trilogy (Author: Philip Pullman). Read More »
Coming in with Low Expectations… I am a voracious reader and my interests cover a variety of topics. One of my specialties, so to speak, is books on Christianity. I enjoy a number of Christian authors and am constantly expanding my interests. Not too long ago I received a promotional copy of a new book …