As long time readers of this site know, I am a sucker for short, quirky books about faith. So when I stumbled upon Saving Erasmus it seemed right up my alley. Slim volume, with intriguing cover, interesting story hook, quality publisher – what’s not too like? Publishers Weekly captured the flavor of this book perfectly: [...]
Here are some links for your browsing perusal: – Interesting Christianity Today article by Ted Olsen: (A Bit Less) Positive About Potter: “Harry Potter books and films have been attacked in the past by evangelicals for allegedly glamorizing the occult,” say the papers. But Christians “are now eschewing condemnation for praise, embracing Ms. Rowling’s tales [...]
As the Harry Potter media frenzy begins to fade I want to focus on another great series that is coming to a close this year. Olen Steinhauer’s Eastern European Series will soon be complete with the release of Victory Square in August. Given my fascination with the Cold War, my love of espionage fiction, and [...]
It is hard to believe all of the ink spilled over the release of the final installment of Harry Potter. Allow me to spill a few pixels too. While I was reading the penultimate book and watching the British Open millions of fans were lining up to get the book, furiously reading it to find [...]
So. I have finally finished book seven: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In fact, over the last couple of weeks I re-read the first six books in the series in order to have everything fresh in my mind for the conclusion in book seven. Below I offer some thoughts about the series as a [...]
I finally managed to read the first six books of Harry Potter so I could dive into the final book. Millions of people already know what happened but I am furiously trying to finish. When that is done I will come up for air and post on the whole HP saga, the wonderful British Open, [...]
I will confess to not being involved in the whole online social networking thing. I don’t have a MySpace page, or twitter, or anything else. But today I did stumble upon a couple of book orientated social networking sites and decided to try them out. The first, is Shelfari: Based in Seattle, Shelfari introduces readers [...]
Trying desperately to finish the first six Harry Potter books before Saturday I have neglected posting some interesting links and information. Since it appears I will fail to finish the books anyway, I might as well clear out my email and share these links. – Writers will want to be sure to check out the [...]
Here are some book that will be hitting bookstores later this summer and fall that have found their way to me: – Scots on the Rocks: A Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery by Mary Daheim Publishers Weekly: Daheim’s enjoyable 23rd B&B mystery (after 2006′s Saks and Violins) takes Judith McMonigle Flynn, her cousin Serena Renie Jones and their [...]
In reading various accounts and response to the contretemps surrounding Alan Wolfe’s essay on Russell Kirk, I recently came across an intelligent and thought provoking response by R.R. Reno at First Things. I found Reno’s discussion of ordered liberty and his comparing and contrasting the views of Hobbes and Kirk insightful: Leaving aside the snide [...]