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The Mincing Mockingbird: Guide to Troubled Birds by Matt Adrian (2012) – An authoritative illustrated compendium to be consulted in the event of an infant or small child being torn apart by a murder of crows I love birds. I … Continue reading
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All the Wrong Questions, Book 1 It was hard for me to recall when the kids and I finished the Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket, but then I remembered, “Oh wait! I run a book review blog and … Continue reading
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You may notice in the coming months a small uptick on this site of comic-book and graphic-novel reviews. Namely this results from a $1 purchase I made at Goodwill a few weeks ago, a copy of Scott McCloud’s Reinventing Comics, … Continue reading
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Can’t recall the last time I read a play without being forced to. In fact, this may be a first for me! I’m not at all familiar with Broadway, but I am definitely familiar with Chinglish as a “language.” Like … Continue reading
I came across this short book today whilst on a break from my studies, and boy what a break it was! While it’s little more than a joke book, its subject matter was spot-on in my world. Education and puns–what … Continue reading
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An English Professor’s Journey into Christian Faith For our Siblings’ Book Club this year, we almost selected Rosaria Champagne Butterfield’s The Gospel Comes with a House Key, a book on the importance of hospitality in Christian witness, and I wish … Continue reading
Living overseas—it’s one of those experiences that separates the men from the boys, the courageous from the cowards, the adventurous from the namby-pamby….and I hope it’s OK to describe myself this way! I’ve lived overseas for—let’s see now—nine years of … Continue reading
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My first taste of the “I Survived” series — A Christian review of I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 by Lauren Tarshis (2012). Continue reading
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If Julian English, the doomed protagonist of Appointment in Samarra, had only had the good sense to drop by the Garfield Diner [in Pottsville, PA] and treat himself to a bacon double-cheeseburger with fries on the side and then wash … Continue reading
Someone smarter than Socrates and Plato (both morons) once said, “Never start a land war in Asia,” but that’s precisely what Walter “Bird” McIntyre hopes to accomplish in this outrageous novel by Christopher Buckley. It’s only June, but I’m calling … Continue reading
