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I’ve recently joined The Strenuous Life, a program for men designed and organized by Brett McKay and TheArtOfManliness.com This program is essentially “Boy Scouts for Men”, but involves so much more than camping and knot-tying (though of course, it does … Continue reading
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Gentle Ben by Walt Morey (1965) is a classic tale that my 6 & 8 yo kids loved. A Christian review. Continue reading
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I enjoyed Joseph Conrad’s Typhoon (1902) even better than Heart of Darkness or Youth. A Christian review. Continue reading
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Eva Martin (1869) “Haha! But how can one love two at once, with two different sorts of love? That’s interesting. Poor idiot. What will become of him now?” (Part 4, Chapter 9) For … Continue reading
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I had requested this classic novel for my siblings’ 2018 reading list, but as it turns out, I’m the only rube who hadn’t yet read it. That had to change. So after finishing The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky a few … Continue reading
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A Christian review of Jules Verne’s classic adventure, Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864). Continue reading
There’s likely not a soul in the English-speaking world who hasn’t heard this story before or hasn’t at least seen some adulterated version of its plot in the movies or on TV. Like most, I’ve been familiar with A Christmas … Continue reading
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Whether for good or for evil, woman was at the bottom of Jasper Perry’s heart and affairs. The cause of his journey was love; the aim and end of it was marriage! (4) This century-and-a-half old adventure story, Away in … Continue reading
I approached my summer with a tiny goal of reading outside my normal zone. I chose to dip into the deep digital library of The Gutenberg Project and try to read some of the old (if not classic) adventure novels … Continue reading
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Despite this book’s age, The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac by Eugene Field (1895) a fascinating read filled with intriguing characters and wonderful lines about books and reading. Continue reading
