I began this book with some hopes that it would hook me as quickly and securely as had The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins, based on both its dystopian plot and its target audience. I found intriguing its method … Continue reading
Tag Archives: 2011
The Notes by Ronald Reagan, ed. Douglas Brinkley (2011)
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Ronald Reagan’s Private Collection of Stories and Wisdom When I first came across this volume, I had just finished reading Decision Points, the memoirs of George W. Bush, and was in the mood for more presidential writings memorializing their time … Continue reading
The Kingdom by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood (2011)
A few times in my reading career I’ve come across books that read as if they’ve just barely hit their publishing deadlines. The Kingdom is one such book. This book felt tremendously short, which of course is a very subjective … Continue reading
The Race by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott (2011)
In this fourth book in the Isaac Bell series, Clive Cussler and Justin Scott are really coming into their own. Their best that I’ve read thus far, The Race fits all essential story elements into a tight, nicely packaged turn-of-the-century … Continue reading
This is a Book by Demetri Martin (2011)
Demetri Martin not only has a unique sense of humor, he also has very unique methods for delivering that humor. I have enjoyed watching some episodes of his show and also enjoyed his collection of drawings in the book Point … Continue reading
Do the Work by Steven Pressfield (2011)
Steven Pressfield is a novelist akin to Conn Iggulden or Bernard Cornwell, fixated on individuals or events from the distant past and able to bring those experiences and stories to life in a tangible, sense-pleasing way. This short piece of … Continue reading
The Privilege of Persecution by Carl Moeller and David Hegg (2011)
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And Other Things the Global Church Knows that We Don’t This book came to me by recommendation, much as books like The Insanity of God and God is Red, due to my passion for world missions, specifically in what are … Continue reading
God is Red by Liao YiWu (2011)
The Secret Story of How Christianity Survived and Flourished in Communist China Christianity and China—what an excellent mix of topics for a guy like me! Someone recommended God is Red to me several years ago as describing the “growing and persecuted … Continue reading
Devil’s Gate by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown (2011)
“As I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned a few things. One of them is: you get what you paid for, [Kurt]. You and Joe are like one of my cars—expensive, bad for the environment, and often a pain in the backside. … Continue reading
The Hainan Incident by DM Coffman (2011)
I was drawn to this book initially, because I’ve got a bit of history with Hainan Island, the so-called “Hawaii of China” located just below the mainland in the South China Sea. While the island paradise described in the book … Continue reading