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I can’t be the only reader who chose not to finish this massive theological drama. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1880), a Christian review. Continue reading
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The Chelsea Murders by Lionel Davidson (1978)
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While I love most of Lionel Davidson’s books, The Chelsea murders (a.k.a. Murder Games) was not at all a favorite. Unreadable, actually. Too bad! Continue reading
Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis (1956)
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I hate giving up on books. I really do. But when you’ve read 146 pages of a thing and dread going back to it because you’ve lost all interest and don’t care a snippet about the characters, you’ve simply gotta … Continue reading
12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson (2018)
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An Antidote to Chaos Despite the fact that I voted this book pretty low during my own selection process, 12 Rules for Life made it to our Top-Ten list for this year’s Siblings’ Book Club. That’s a pretty remarkable feat … Continue reading
Matthew Looney in the Outback by Jerome Beatty Jr. (1969)
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Terror on Planet Earth! I’ll have to admit that I had secret hopes for this kids’ book set up there on the surface of the moon. Through all of my reading over the years, I’ve been disproportionately more impressed with … Continue reading
The Way Out by Craig Childs (2004)
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A True Story of Ruin and Survival It’s been a long while since I’ve given up on a book, but 90 pages in, I just couldn’t take this one anymore. As always, I follow the “100 pages minus your age” … Continue reading
The Destroyer #3: Chinese Puzzle by Richard Sapir and Warren Murphy (1972)
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Remo Williams, the human superweapon, is hired by the White House to smash an oriental conspiracy that might lead to a US-Red China confrontation! I don’t know why it took two guys to write this book, but I can imagine … Continue reading
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (1985)
Or the Evening Redness in the West This dark Old West novel was an offering on our Siblings’ Book Club list in 2021, yet I don’t think any of us actually finished it. This week, I thought I’d go back … Continue reading
Lead by James A. Scudder Sr. (2019)
A Pastor’s Experience in the Trenches Whenever I review a book that I’ve stopped reading, for whatever reason, I feel the urge to explain why I feel it’s important to share my opinions. I don’t always start this way, but … Continue reading
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Fast Company by Marco Page (1938)
I’ve been reading a lot lately, and one book that I’m still working through, One for the Books by Joe Queenan, sits right up there with Tony Reinke’s Lit! as one of the best books on reading I’ve come across. … Continue reading