Takeaway: Africa is not poor and hungry all by itself. There are many reasons, but Africa (and other areas of poverty) do not need to remain hungry. Purchase Links: Hardback, Paperback, Kindle Edition, Audible.com Audiobook Enough: Why the World’s Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty is an important book. It is not an exciting … Read more
Takeaway: A good end to the series, not perfect, but still very enjoyable. How do I review the conclusion of a series when I have already said the first two books were among the best books that I have read this year? Especially without giving up a bunch of spoilers? Well frankly I don’t know, … Read more
Takeaway: Do you really want what you think you want? Neverwhere has been on my to read list for quite a while. I really like Neil Gaiman as an author. My favorite book of his books is American Gods (my review). There really are few modern authors that get the idea of modern fantasy like Gaiman. … Read more
Summary: A unique young adult science fiction/fantasy book that has Christian characters and doesn’t suck. Purchase Links: Paperback, Kindle Edition, Audible.com Audiobook I have been in a reading rut for a few weeks. I have not been finishing much and I have not been writing much. Part of it is busyness. My wife is back … Read more
I am having a hard time focusing on anything lately. I have read about 10 percent of six books in the last three days and just cannot get into anything. So as a bit of humor here is an old video about what Gutenberg Tech Support might have been like.
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers is a mostly gross and occasionally very interesting book. I purchased the book in the first place because I enjoyed Mary Roach’s previous book Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. Roach’s writing style is unique. She seems to just wander through thoughts as they come to her, giving … Read more
I am on a self imposed book buying fast. I am trying to work through a significant portion of my long backlog of books between now and the new year. Divine Justice was free on Audible.com. (It still is as of Aug 14, 2010. You need to get the audible.com software for a blackberry. It is a … Read more
I am not going to turn this site into a movie review site. But my wife and I used to watch a lot of movies. We joined Netflix soon after it started and for a year or so our church small group was a movie watching group. Five of the six in the group were … Read more
I am not a huge fan of apologetics. So is is a bit odd that I picked this book to read and review. I am not trying to be disingenuous, but rather I hoped that the focus would be on the subtitle “Living the Faith We Defend“. But this book still started with some of … Read more
I have been hearing nuggets about the book Drive fairly regularly since it came out last December. Finally after yet another positive review from Tony Morgan, I picked it up. Drive is fascinating, although a little repetitive. We are told over and over again, that the science of motivation is far from the business of actually motivating … Read more