Adam Shields Ok, I know I am expanding the reading tools idea a bit much, but as my wife says, “he is a bag whore.” I like just the right bag for how I am going to use it. For my ipad I was looking for a bag that was big enough for the ipad and a … Read more
The Hole in our Gospel and related search strings are consistently one of the top books that bring people to this blog. And Monday May, 31, 2010 is the last day that christianaudio.com is giving away the audio version free. So I thought I would link to two blogs I trust for second opinions. First here … Read more
I posted a book review over at ChurchCrunch. Here is the start of the review: Twitter is ubiquitous. Now it is even a format for books ideas. It seems odd, but as far as I can tell (in my very brief amount of searching) this is the first book made up mostly of a curated twitter stream. … Read more
One of the best uses I have seen on ipad are the comic books. I have been a fan of comic books, but I never wanted to pay for them, so I have not collected or read that many. Ipad is a perfect comic book reader. Marvel has digital subscription that allows you for $60 … Read more
Agatha Christie’s The Body in the Library was offered free on kindle very briefly a few weeks ago. So briefly that I assume it was a pricing mistake, not a promotional offer. But I thought it was a good book to be my first full book on my ipad. I have blogged about the ipad … Read more
After three weeks with an ipad I have a variety of thoughts. First as a device, I love it. I carry it with me all the time. I think it is the perfect size to really use walking around the house and in the car and at the park. I have the wifi version, but … Read more
Takeaway: A summer beach read that treats Florida like a character. Purchase Links: Paperback, Kindle Edition, Audible.com Audiobook Skin Tight is the second book by Carl Hiaasen that I have read. The first book I read, Tourist Season, had one overlapping character, if you do not include the Miami area, which Hiaasen seems to treat like … Read more
I am behind on my reading. I was out of town for work 7 out of 10 days and I have been playing (but not reading much) on my ipad. I hope I will finish a book by Wednesday. All of the most read reviews were non-fiction. I will hold a non-fiction top posts for … Read more
Church history is complicated. The problem with accepting complication is that some, maybe most, just ignore it. Many others want to suggest that the complication can be easily simplified and really if you ignore the uncomfortable or difficult sections then it is easily understood. It is only the few that want to wade through and … Read more
I share my kindle account with several other people. And when others order books I quite often get them sent to my kindle because my name is first in the list so it is the default kindle. Last week I recieved a large number of classic books that were ordered by one of the others … Read more