Despite being modern classics beloved by children, laymen adults, and critics alike, the Chronicles of Narnia are admittedly somewhat of a literary hodge-podge. Or so most believed. Many have attempted to build a comprehensive interpretive framework for them, but none have received wide acceptance. Michael Ward, Oxford scholar and C.S. Lewis aficionado, presents his own … Read more
Takeaway: An unusual re-telling of a greek myth. I have never heard of this book before I stumbled across it on Audible. I was in the mood for some fiction and wasn’t really interested in any of the books that I had in my wishlist. After surfing around a little while I found that this … Read more
Summary: The 15 years of friendship between Dorothy Sayers and CS Lewis, primarily via letter, helped shape and encourage them. History is always a balance between the 30,000-foot overviews and the small, close looks at seemingly little things that allow us to understand the people, not just the large movements of history. I routinely move … Read more
Summary: The continued story of John Lewis and the broader Civil Rights movement from the Freedom Riders, to the March on Washington, to the voting rights movement Mississippi and Selma. The March trilogy is really one story broken into three books because of length. So it is hard to review them as separate books. The first … Read more
Summary: First in a trilogy of autobiographical graphic novels on Civil Rights leader John Lewis. I have mentioned before that I subscribe to Christ and Pop Culture Magazine. The primary illustrator there (he also works with Christianity Today and other organizations) has an comic book review site. Because of his advocacy for comics and graphics … Read more
Takeaway: Lewis really was a gift to the church as a whole. This year is the 50th anniversary of CS Lewis’ death. So there have been several new books on Lewis. Alister McGrath’s new biography was excellent. But there were two places where I wanted more from McGrath. One was more about Lewis’ relationship … Read more
Takeaway: Real life is usually not like the movies. Joy Davidman is best known, not for her own work, but as the wife of CS Lewis. The story of their marriage was featured in the movie Shadowlands. It is a good movie, but it seems as much fiction as reality. I have previously read a … Read more
Summary: Author Michael Lewis (The Big Short, Money Ball, The Blind Side) gives his account of the new world of fatherhood. Michael Lewis is one of those authors I have been meaning to read, but I am tired of reading about economics and I have never liked sports. So as I was looking around for something … Read more
The financial crash of 2008 surprised almost everybody–the investment banks, the government, and the Federal Reserve, not to mention millions of American homeowners. In The Big Short, Michael Lewis tells the story of a handful of investors who saw it coming, who read the tea leaves in the mortgage market, recognized that it was unsustainable, and … Read more
Summary: A brat of a girl falls into a fantasy world One of my reading goals this year was to read more old books. Some of these I am re-reading, some I am reading for the first time. If you have a kindle or like to listen to audiobooks, there are tons of free classics … Read more