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April 2012

April 10, 2012

Three Easy Pieces: Recently Read

Prove It! God by Amy Welborn My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book was...

March 2012

March 19, 2012

Catholic Thriller Week Finale: Sons of Cain by Val Bianco

Here's the book I was reading that made me remember all those Catholic thrillers I...

March 16, 2012

Catholic Thriller Week: Valley of the Bones by Michael Gruber

I'm slipping this in under the "thriller" category but it is actually a mystery. Valley...

March 15, 2012

Catholic Thriller Week: Bleeder by John Desjarlais

Reed Stubblefield is on his way to his brother's cabin in a small Illinois town....

March 14, 2012

Catholic Thriller Week: Dimiter by William Peter Blatty

Written for SFFaudio, book provided by publisher. In 1973 a nameless prisoner is being tortured...

March 13, 2012

Catholic Thriller Week: The Death of a Pope by Piers Paul Read

It is not often that I receive a book around 1:00 in the afternoon and...

March 12, 2012

Catholic Thriller Week: The Secret Cardinal by Tom Grace

After distributing the bread of the Eucharist, Yin offered the wine, reenacting a ritual that...

March 09, 2012

Respecting Conscience: Reviewing “The Right to Be Wrong” by Kevin Seamus Hasson

I wrote this way back in 2005 for Spero News but discovered that their site...

March 05, 2012

Looking at The Sabbath in a Whole New Way: Quick Review of The Sabbath by Abraham Heschel

The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel My rating: 4 of 5 stars Continuing my education...

February 2012

February 27, 2012

Review: The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins My rating: 4 of 5 stars I always knew...

February 24, 2012

Blogging Around: The Bookish Edition

The Psalms of David Reviewed by Joseph at Zombie Parent's Guide. This particular edition of...

February 22, 2012

Lenten Reading Ideas – Updated

WHAT I'M READING I am already reading two books that are really hitting me where...

February 17, 2012

Quick Look: “My Family Table: A Passionate Plea for Home Cooking” by John Besh

My Family Table: A Passionate Plea for Home Cooking by John Besh My rating: 3...

February 15, 2012

The Con is On: Reviewing “White Cat” by Holly Black

Found this via SFFaudio, as a free audio book from Random House. Here's the review...

February 14, 2012

Night of the Confessor: Objective, Subjective, and God

Night of the Confessor: Christian Faith in an Age of Uncertainty by Tomas Halik My...

February 06, 2012

2012 Personal Reading Challenge Book Report: The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature

The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature by Elizabeth Kantor My rating: 3...

February 02, 2012

On Monster Patrol: Reviewing “Night of the Living Dead Christian” by Matt Mikalatos

... I had that sudden creepy feeling that something truly horrible stood drooling over my...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

Here Be Dragons. Literally. Reviewing “The Dragon Factory” by Jonathan Maberry

"Detective Ledger?" he said, and held out an ID case. "NSA." "How do you spell...

January 23, 2012

An Individual Retreat for Seeking Humility: Reviewing “Simplifying the Soul” by Paula Huston

True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit--it is but a right estimate of...

January 20, 2012

Quick Review: My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud’Homme

My Life in France is the charming and fascinatingly told story of Julia Child and...

January 19, 2012

Old Versus New: Middle Eastern Food

I have been reading Arabesque: A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon by Claudia Roden....

January 18, 2012

Time Travel Made Easy (Johnny and the Bomb by Terry Pratchett)

JOHNNY AND THE BOMB (book 3 of the Johnny Maxwell Trilogy) by Terry Pratchett In...

January 17, 2012

Days of the Dead (Johnny and the Dead by Terry Pratchett)

JOHNNY AND THE DEAD by Terry Pratchett (book 2 of the Johnny Maxwell Trilogy) Twelve...

January 16, 2012

Space Aliens Unite (Only You Can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett)

ONLY YOU CAN SAVE MANKIND (Johnny Maxwell Trilogy, book 1) by Terry Pratchett The Johnny...

January 13, 2012

Urban Fantasy of the Finest Kind: Reviewing “War for the Oaks” by Emma Bull

Eddi reminded herself that this was not the only bass player in Minneapolis. The ads...

January 12, 2012

Like a Marriage Retreat in a Book: Reviewing For Better, For Worse, For God

... becoming one flesh means more than a physical union. Genesis says that God created...

January 11, 2012

Audio Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, narrated by Jim Dale

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling Everyone knows this story. I read...

January 10, 2012

Brief Review: Truth & Life New Testament audio Bible

I was fascinated by the fact that the Truth & Life New Testament has an...

January 09, 2012

Mystery on an International Level: Reviewing Mystery at Geneva

I'm away from the blog, but the reviews carry on in my absence! Mystery at...

January 06, 2012

Reviewing The Father’s Tale by Michael O’Brien

He was losing all affection for Russia. It was a crazy country, full of crazy...

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