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What Makes You Not a Buddhist by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse (2007) offers a provocative look at the 4 key pillars of Buddhism. I review if (obviously) from a Christian perspective, so this review is a bit longer than normal. Continue reading
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The first books in a youth series that’s sure to become a lifelong favorite. Continue reading
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 03 My kids and I listened to this book quite a while ago while traveling, and it’s taken me so long to review it mainly because my kids didn’t enjoy it. That itself is … Continue reading
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The eyewitness account of Operation Redwing and the lost heroes of SEAL Team 10 Memoirs are hard to review, because, while a reader can react to an author’s writing style or interpretation of events, he can’t really argue with a … Continue reading
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I’m relatively new to the graphic novel scene, so I’m sure there’s a whole subgenre in which stories are told through pictures alone, sans thought bubbles or word balloons, narration or description. This is such a book, and I was … Continue reading
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“I’ve been stood up by better women…I’ve been knocked out by better men.” I don’t understand the sentiment behind these two quotes from within John’s Grisham‘s 2007 novel, Playing for Pizza, but I don’t think this a book that’s supposed … Continue reading
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While perusing Tween novels with my kids the other day at our local library, I saw this massive volume on the shelf, an eye peering at me from the binding. Actually, there were three eyes, because apparently author/artist Brian Selznick … Continue reading
This kids’ book on hygiene and friendship pulls no punches with readers: from sentence number one, Britta Teckentrup makes it obvious that this bear is a filthy, smelly beast who doesn’t care about his hygiene, and his social life proves … Continue reading
I chose to read this novel as I also worked my way slowly through the Gospel of Mark. My method of late has been to try to pray through a paragraph of the Gospel or so, placing myself on those … Continue reading
