Daniel Darling reviewed Jonathan Merritt’s soon to be released A Faith of our Own The Englewood Review of Books has a review by Bob Cornwall of Amos Yong’s The Bible, Disability and the Church. This is a book I have been meaning to read since it came out. Not a review, but a fix to … Read more
I am not a blogger. I have tried and failed miserably. Adam however, has found a way to challenge himself and enjoy reading more with this blog. He considers you friends, even though he doesn’t know most of you. He talks about “˜yall like you’ve know each other for years. So, in an effort to … Read more
Originally when I switched from MrShields.com to Bookwi.se a year ago I had two purposes. First, I wanted to expand the brand to be about the books, not about me personally. Second, I wanted to get more voices talking about books. I have had several people contribute over time, but I have not make a … Read more
Last March, Bookwi.se hosted a blog discussion of the book Sacred Unions, Sacred Passions by Dan Brennan. I also listed it as one of my books of the year.
Sacred Unions, Sacred Passions has the counter cultural idea that cross-gender friendship is actually important, should be encouraged, and should be championed by Christians. I whole heartedly agree with the main thesis of the book, which is why I hosted the blog discussion and frequently talk about the book.
Carolyn Webber, author of Surprised by Oxford, I reviewed last year), Jane Austen’s Persuasion and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Weber is a former literature professor and now full time writer. She is well worth reading. Also Parchment Girl recently reviewed Surprised by Oxford, interviewed Carolyn Weber and is giving away a copy if you want to enter _________ The Englewood Review … Read more
This is officially the 1000th post on Bookwi.se. (A few short term posts got deleted, so it is probably 1012 or something, but there are currently 1000 published posts on Bookwi.se)
In celebration I am giving away a bunch of books. Most of these were donated by an unnamed blogger who received them as promotional copies. A few are books that I either bought or received as promotional copies. Most are new, a few have been read once. I give away books as a personal commitment to get books into the hand of people that will read them more than a blog promotion, but I would be thrilled if I also get some new followers.
Here are the rules
Here are the books. In no particular order because there are too many to give full descriptions
I read a lot of good book reviews. So I thought I might start sharing them. The Cross and The Lynching Tree by James H Cone at Englewood Book of Reviews – Even if you don’t agree with Cone’s theology, he is a good writer and worth listening to. EBR is giving away six copies of … Read more
I have been cleaning up my house and decided that it is time to give away some books. Most of them I purchased and read before I stared Bookwi.se, a couple of them are review copies.
Here are the rules. Ask for the book(s) you want. Please only ask if you are going to read them. If you ask for more than one book, I would like you to post at least one review on Bookwi.se. Anyone is free to write up a short review (whether or not the book has been previously reviewed on Bookwi.se). I will pay for all shipping.
Here are the books:
I have had a very nice Christmas break. I have not worked hardly at all and I honestly have not read all that much either. I misplaced my kindle somewhere (I lose pretty much everything, and usually it will turn up eventually.) Today my wife and I worked on cleaning out two closets and turning … Read more
I watch the movie Red tonight with my wife. I really like spy thrillers, especially the post-cold war spy thrillers. I find it interesting that from multiple angles, different story-tellers are staring to deal with the retirement of those wet-work spies from the late cold war or near term post-cold war. Red is a fun (not all that serious) movie. The bad guys are using the government for their own personal gain. And the retired good guys have to stop them.
It was a decent movie. But if you like a good spy novel that deals with some overlapping themes here are a few I recommend. (Links are to my reviews).
Once a Spy and Twice a Spy – both are about a retired spy that has developed Alzheimer’s. No one know what he is capable of and what he remembers. There is real humor and some real issues with both aging and Alzheimers and spy masters.