Monthly Archives: September 2017

Book Review: An Asian Harvest

An Asian Harvest:  An Autobiography, by Paul Hattaway [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Kregel Book Tours.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] In reading this book, I was struck by how Nathanish the author seemed. … Continue reading

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Who But Our God Can Us Befriend

As I have commented on before, my favorite Amy Grant album was one that she has largely disowned, “Behind The Eyes.”  Recorded during a particularly tough period in her life, namely her divorce, the album features a lot of melancholy … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Life-Changing Manga Of Tidying Up

The Life-Changing Manga Of Tidying Up:  A Magical Story, by Marie Kondo [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Blogging For Books/Ten Speed Press.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] This is the sort of book that … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Art Of The Book Launch Party

The Art Of The Book Launch Party, by Theresa Sopko [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by BooksGoSocial.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] At some point some weeks ago–I cannot remember now exactly when–I downloaded this … Continue reading

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Hurricane Party

My first awareness of the power and fury of tropical storms came when I was a child [1].  When I was four or five, somewhere around there, I remember traveling with my family to services in St. Petersburg, Florida during … Continue reading

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Book Review: Making Make-Believe Real

Making Make-Believe Real:  Politics As Theater In Shakespeare’s Time, by Gary Wills Mostly being familiar with Gary Wills’ flagrant misunderstanding of the American experience and its key texts in order to support an illegitimate progressive worldview [1], it was interesting … Continue reading

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Book Review: Bizarre Politics

Bizarre Politics:  The Audacity, Stupidity, Incompetence, And General Idiocy Of Our Leaders…Unfortunately!, by Joe Rhatigan There is no shortage of ridiculous things that a book can say about the politics of the United States [1]–which this book focuses on–even though … Continue reading

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Private Emotion

Most of the time, I am not someone who is a fan of musicians before they hit the mainstream.  From time to time it happens, when I hear a song on the radio by an obscure band and have to … Continue reading

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Book Review: Goddess Tricked

Goddess Tricked (Mate Run #1), by Skylar Blaue [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Books Go Social and the author.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] As a reader and writer whose beat includes a discussion … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Ethical World-Conception Of The Norse People

The Ethical World-Conception Of The Norse People, by Andrew Peter Fors As someone with a bit of Scandinavian heritage and a great deal of interest in the history and culture of the area [1], I found this to be an … Continue reading

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