Category Archives: books
April Books
The Starboard Sea is a very solid debut by Amber Dermont. Highly recommended if you like boarding school novels and like the idea of a main character that seems to have everything but is completely lost. (8.5/10) The Hunger Games, … Continue reading
Leaving Egypt by Chuck DeGroat
One of the most disorienting things in life is suffering. Even when we know all the right things about how the world is fallen and broken in every way, pain jars us, and makes us question who God is and … Continue reading
March Books
Wonder by R. J. Palacio was fantastic. Read a full review here. (10/10) Looking for Alaska by John Green was a spring break re-read. I liked it better this time around, it’s very thought provoking and a solid debut for … Continue reading
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
“I know I’m not an ordinary ten-year-old kid. I mean, sure, I do ordinary things. I eat ice cream. I ride my bike. I play ball. I have an XBox. Stuff like that makes me ordinary. I guess. And I … Continue reading
February Books
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain is a novel that explores Hemingway’s first wife and their experiences in Jazz Age Paris. If you liked Midnight in Paris, I’d recommend it. (7.5) How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr was … Continue reading
Jesus + Nothing = Everything
Tullian Tchividjian’s Jesus + Nothing = Everything examines the fundamental truth of the gospel and how to embrace Christ’s finished work for believers. I would not describe it as an exposition of Colossians, but Colossians features prominently. I would not … Continue reading
January Books
I have attempted this several times but never made it through a year. Let’s see if 2012 can be the year I write at least a sentence about every book I read! Creation Regained by Al Wolters is a book … Continue reading
Give Them Grace
Give Them Grace by Elyse Fitzpatrick My rating: 3 of 5 stars Give Them Grace asks readers a very important question: how does believing the gospel change the way that you parent? Fitzpatrick asserts that if the way that we … Continue reading
Books I Read in 2011
I didn’t read as much as in 2010, but it was still a pretty good year of reading. Here’s my list, categorized to highlight those I would most strongly commend to other readers. I Liked These Enough to Re-Read Them … Continue reading
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Still & My Life with the Saints
Still by Lauren F. Winner Still by Lauren Winner is aptly subtitled “Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis.” It is a collection of reflections from the middle, from a place of messiness, doubt and despair. That terrain is familiar to many … Continue reading
Odds & Ends IX
+ Happy Feast of St. Nicholas! It’s a good day to practice generosity, recite the Nicene Creed and punch a heretic in the nose. + Chuck DeGroat’s excellent post on Advent Disappointment is worth contemplating. + I finished Start Something … Continue reading
How to Get a Job… by Me, the Boss
Earlier this summer, Sally Lloyd-Jones graciously offered to send me a copy of her newest book to review. We received it the week we were moving, and it got misplaced for awhile. Here is our long overdue review! The third … Continue reading
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