This gallery contains 1 photo.
Bird and Squirrel by James Burks (2017) is the fourth book in his 7-book series. This one gave me special insight into the concept of “home.” Continue reading
Tag Archives: 2017
Evil in America by Ben Shapiro (2017)
This gallery contains 1 photo.
My first venture into the essays of Ben Shapiro, and I was not disappointed! Continue reading
Minecraft: The Island by Max Brooks (2017)
This gallery contains 2 photos.
Ten years ago, I started a Siblings’ Book Club, where we’ve tried to read 10 have-wanted-to-read books together annually. The group is now 13 members strong, as we’ve invited friends and others to join. This year I wanted to include … Continue reading
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (2017)
This gallery contains 2 photos.
The Osage Murders and the Birth of the F.B.I. It’s the end of the season for our annual Siblings’ Book Club, and this year I finished 9 of our 10 books (plus 2 runners-up, as you can see on our … Continue reading
Make Your Bed by Admiral William H. McRaven (2017)
This gallery contains 1 photo.
Little Things That Can Change Your Life…and Maybe the World A dear friend who knows my love for books gave me this small volume a while ago as a help through my ministry and coming international move. She probably wasn’t … Continue reading
Fire Road by Kim Phuc Phan Thi (2017)
This gallery contains 1 photo.
The Napalm Girl’s Journey through the Horrors of War to Faith, Forgiveness, and Peace; Translated by Ashley Wiersma You’ve likely seen the picture, the grainy photo from Vietnam of children fleeing a bombing, one naked little girl crying in terror … Continue reading
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan (2017)
This gallery contains 1 photo.
I don’t know how the Pulitzer Prize thing works, but this book by Dan Egan was a finalist in 2017. He should have won. A habit of mine is to try and read “geographically” when I travel, books about the … Continue reading
The Long Haul by Finn Murphy (2017)
A Trucker’s Tale of Life on the Road Would it surprise you if I told you that I’m a trucker? Well, not in the traditional sense of the word. No long-haul, tractor-trailer driver would allow me the moniker, “trucker.” But … Continue reading
Hostage by Guy Delisle (2017)
When I requested this book from my local library, I had no idea how massive a volume it was—432 pages of hand-drawn graphics by Guy Delisle, my favorite French, travelogue-focused graphic-novelist (of this century). I recently finished reading Jerusalem because … Continue reading
The Dam Keeper by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi (2017)
Book 1 My kids have reached the age where they love to read anything they can get their hands on—as long as that “anything” is comic books or graphic novels. While I wish they would get more into chapter-books and … Continue reading