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January 2016

January 21, 2016

Review – The Lost Mandate of Heaven

Usually reading history I feel rather detached from it. The skill of the writer can...

January 18, 2016

The Woodcutter by Kate Danley

The Wood is a magical place full of Fae creatures, some of whom wish to...

January 12, 2016

Review – Mark: A Commentary

Jimmy Akin has written a commentary on the Gospel of Mark that is available through...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson This final volume of the Mistborn Trilogy...

December 26, 2015

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum with illustrations by Michael...

December 15, 2015

Church of Spies

I was somewhat aware of the various controversies surrounding Pope Pius XII who was the...

December 14, 2015

The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

The Well of Ascension: A Mistborn Novel by Brandon Sanderson Picking up a year after...

December 07, 2015

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson Mistborn is an original fantasy epic where certain people (called Allomancers)...

December 03, 2015

Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives by Benedict XVI

Before his resignation, Pope Benedict XVI finished a third volume of theological reflections on the...

October 2015

October 31, 2015

Book Review: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb et al.

Batman: The Long Halloween written by Jeph Loeb and art by Tim Sale Gotham City is...

October 26, 2015

Book Review: The Underground Abductor by Nathan Hale

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: The Underground Abductor by Nathan Hale In this volume, the British...

October 22, 2015

Book Review: We’ll Never Tell Them by Fiorella de Maria

We'll Never Tell Them by Fiorella de Maria This novel tells the stories of two women,...

October 06, 2015

Book Review – The Apostasy That Wasn’t

There are some things when I run across them in a novel, movie, or even...

September 2015

September 22, 2015

Book Review: Adler’s Philosophical Dictionary by Mortimer J. Adler

Adler's Philosophical Dictionary: 125 Key Terms for the Philosopher's Lexicon by Mortimer J. Adler Late in...

September 21, 2015

Book Review: Big Bad Ironclad! by Nathan Hale

Big Bad Ironclad! by Nathan Hale American patriot and colonial spy Nathan Hale continues regaling...

September 09, 2015

Book Review: Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

Charles Nancy had a tough childhood. His dad was quite the joker and always pulling...

September 08, 2015

Book Review – When the Church Was Young

When it comes to books on the Early Church Fathers there seems to be an...

September 07, 2015

Book Review: Animal Crackers by Gene Luen Yang

This collection of stories are the very first published works by Gene Luen Yang, who...

September 02, 2015

Book Review: Unpopular Essays by Bertrand Russell

Betrand Russell is a philosopher and author who has the strange combination of a strict...

August 2015

August 05, 2015

Arriving at Amen – Book Review

One book I have been meaning to get to is Arriving at Amen: Seven Catholic...

July 2015

July 29, 2015

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Unemployed programmer Hiro Protagonist works as a pizza delivery guy in a not too distant...

July 21, 2015

The Best of The Spirit by Will Eisner

The Best of The Spirit written and illustrated by Will Eisner After enjoying the Contract...

July 16, 2015

Book Review – Somewhither: A Tale of the Unwithering Realm

I admit to be a total fanboy when it comes to author John C. Wright....

July 07, 2015

Book Review – The Father Capranica Mysteries: Stories of the Strange and Supernatural

I had recently positively reviewed Fr. Mike Driscol’s Demons, Deliverance, Discernment : Separating Fact from...

July 03, 2015

Mockingbird by Walter Tevis

Mockingbird by Walter Tevis In the far distant future, an academic, Paul Bentley, moves to Columbia...

June 2015

June 29, 2015

A Year with Mary

Part of my daily devotional reading includes Paul Thigpen’s A Year With the Saints: Daily...

June 22, 2015

Donner Dinner Party by Nathan Hale

Donner Dinner Party by Nathan Hale Donner Dinner Party is another one of Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales, the...

June 17, 2015

The Contract with God Trilogy by Will Eisner

The Contract with God Trilogy by Will Eisner Will Eisner had a long, successful...

June 14, 2015

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan Silicon Valley semi-slacker Clay Jannon has lost...

June 01, 2015

Book Review – Demons, Deliverance, Discernment

Demons, Deliverance, Discernment : Separating Fact from Fiction about the Spirit World is a recently...

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