Reposting my 2012 because the Kindle Edition Box set (complete four books nearly 1200 pages) is on sale for $3.99. Takeaway: Tight young adult thriller set in a post 9/11 world. Andrew Klavan’s thrillers are tightly written and full of suspense. I read Identity Man (an thriller oriented toward adults) a couple weeks ago and … Read more
Summary: A pastor’s kid is thrust into something bigger than he could imagine. Andrew Klavan is a big deal in the thriller world. He has had two books made into movies and written the screen plays for two more. He has won 4 Edgar Awards (the biggest mystery award) and written more than a total of … Read more
Summary: It is actually about a cop that is turned into a werewolf. And it isn’t bad. Anyone that reads a lot has to have sources for ideas about what to read. As I have said before, I love Goodreads (a social network for readers), and other book review blogs and magazines. John Wilson, editor … Read more
John Wilson, the editor of Books and Culture Magazine is the one that originally introduced me to Andrew Klavan. Klavan has written a number of thriller and mystery books but has concentrated on the Christian book world, especially young adult over the past few years. Bookwi.se has reviewed his Homelanders Series, and two of his … Read more
Summary: The conclusion, this time, is real. The end of The Truth of The Matter (book #3), felt like a conclusion. Because there is a book four, I knew it was not. But it appeared that the terrorist ring had been broken up. Charlie was found by the good guys and he would be heading … Read more
Summary: Charlie now knows who actually killed Alex and he is searching for Waterman, his best clue on how to get back to his normal life. This is book three is the Homelanders series. You do not want to jump into the middle of this series. This book picks up almost immediately after The Long … Read more
Summary: Charlie West is on the run, from the police and a group of unknown terrorist. How can he prove that he is innocent and at the same time stay alive long enough to make sure the terrorists do not kill anyone else? Charlie West, the hero of this series, has just stopped a murder … Read more
Takeaway: Explores the idea of whether a person can really change, and what it takes to motivate them if they can change. I first heard about this book, as I do so many, from Books and Culture magazine. John Wilson, the editor, named it one of his personal books of the year and it was also … Read more
Summary: An exploration of how the stories that Movies and TV tell us teach us about what it means to be human in a secular world. (With lots of reference to Charles Taylor) I have referenced the web magazine Christ and Pop Culture a number of times over the past couple years that I have … Read more
Summary: A high flying lawyer, with no time for the spiritual life, is forced to confront the spiritual world. Carter Graham is a no nonsense lawyer that has a life plan and is sticking to it. That life plan includes getting married at around 35 and having children sometime before 40. When Carter meets Kim … Read more