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December 19, 2012

The Seven Deadly Sins: A Visitor’s Guide

With The Seven Deadly Sins: A Visitor's Guide, author Lawrence Cunningham has prepared a resource that,...

December 16, 2012

Christianity, Islam and Atheism

Christianity, Islam and Atheism: The Struggle for The Soul of The West is a new book...

December 13, 2012

Catholic Spiritual Practices

I'll be honest: I probably wouldn't have picked up Catholic Spiritual Practices: A Treasury of...

December 11, 2012

Rooted in Love

I tend to have had, well, enough of all this "be a happy Catholic woman" stuff....

December 10, 2012

Holding Jesus and A Mary Christmas

If you're like me, the fact that the Second Sunday of Advent has come and...

December 07, 2012

Along the Way

Have you read the story of Martha and Mary lately? It's in Luke 10:38-42. So...

December 06, 2012

Hide Me Among The Graves

As soon as I saw Jeff Miller's mention of Tim Power's latest, Hide Me Among...

December 06, 2012

Walking Dickens London by Lee Jackson

I have the usual love-hate relationship with Dickens, felt by most of us who'd rather...

December 06, 2012

Falling for Your Madness

I have a soft spot for a good story. And when I’ve read previous work...

December 01, 2012

The Stories of J.F. Powers

One of those authors I have been meaning to get around to read is J.F....

November 2012

November 27, 2012

I Left My Brain in San Francisco

In I Left My Brains in San Francisco, Karina Fabian's new novel, zombie exterminator Neeta...

November 22, 2012

Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives

I don’t often get outraged about religious coverage since it so often drives me to...

November 21, 2012

The Crimes of Galahad

The inimitable Dr. Boli has written his first novel, The Crimes of Galahad, the scandalous...

November 19, 2012

Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance

Captain Vorpatril's Alliance is the latest book in Lois McMaster Bujold's long-running Vorkosigan series of...

November 18, 2012

The Complete Thinker

One of the things I found coming into the Catholic faith is that there had...

November 11, 2012

The Golden Spiders

I'm not sure why I don't read more mysteries than I do since when I...

November 08, 2012

Gormenghast

Over the last couple of years I had seen references to the Gormenghast trilogy by...

November 01, 2012

My Sisters the Saints

Recently I received a review copy of My Sisters the Saints, a "spiritual memoir" by...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

Tim Powers and other Pulpy Goodness

Right now Tim Powers' latest book "Hide Me Among the Graves" is available on the...

October 28, 2012

Return of the Thin Man

I am a long time fan of the Thin Man movies which starred William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick...

October 26, 2012

Soul of Fire

Soul of Fire is the second novel in Sarah Hoyt's "Magical British Empire" trilogy, and...

October 25, 2012

I Left My Brains in San Francisco: More than Just Zombies

Lately, I've caught myself reading books with zombies in it. I don't really like horror. I...

October 24, 2012

The Prestige by Christopher Preist

The Prestige by Christopher Priest It’s difficult to say how long it's been since I've...

October 24, 2012

Darkship Thieves

After I reviewed Sarah Hoyt's Heart of Light, a friend of mine sent me a...

October 23, 2012

Terrapin

Terrapin: A Mystery is a new novel by T.M. Doran put out by Ignatius Press. I...

October 20, 2012

Demon of Undoing

Maureen at "Aliens in this World" has been a long time favorite of mine. Her...

October 18, 2012

Monster Hunter International

So a friend passed me a copy of Monster Hunter International, by Larry Correia, and...

October 17, 2012

The Good Cook Series

Soups by Time-Life Books My rating: 5 of 5 stars Every cook should have a...

October 16, 2012

Into the Dark Lands

Having enjoyed Michelle Sagara's Chronicles of Elantra (and yes, in the short time since writing...

October 15, 2012

If Aristotle’s Kid Had an iPod

If Aristotle's Kid Had an iPod: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Parents by Conor Gallagher is a...

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