Archive for the ‘Books’ tag
Gobble This Up!
My wife’s latest children’s book is Gobble-Gobble Crash: A Barnyard Counting Bash published by Dutton. Unlike most of Julie’s books which can be purchased from CPH, this one is not religious.
Her latest book is also one of her earliest books. I remember the day she wrote it in our backyard in Pittsburgh about [...]
Vampire Author’s Second Novel About Jesus
I’m thoroughly enjoying Anne Rice’s second novel about Jesus, having read and enjoyed the first when it came out. It’s called, Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana. Her first novel about Jesus which looked at a portion of his childhood is Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt.
I am one who has [...]
Greatest First Lines of a Novel
Of all the books, you’ve read, wanted to read or wanted to write, which has the most memorable first sentences?
Naturally, someone has compiled a list of the top 100. Someone’s choices for the top 100, that is. See it here.
There are a lot of books on there which I’ve never read and many [...]
Pullman’s "The Golden Compass"
Many of you have seen the spectacular preview for the upcoming movie, The Golden Compass, which is based upon the novel by Philip Pullman of the same name.
The Golden Compass is the first volume of the well-known and rightfully controversial His Dark Materials Trilogy. I’ve read the books and expect the movies to be [...]
Writing is Good Therapy
I’ve long fantasized about being a writer of fiction. It’s been a dream of mine that I always felt too intimidated to pursue and too embarrassed to talk about. I’ve tried to start the great American novel on a couple of different occasions. I have folders on my hard drive with sketches, [...]
Through a Screen Darkly 1
Even though I started to read Jeffrey Overstreet’s Through a Screen Darkly this summer, I had to set it aside for a while. But now I’m enjoying it full speed once again. Right now, I’m about half way through it. I’ve read a lot of books on movies and religion, but this [...]
A Juvenile Culture
Kudos to John Leo for a balanced editorial in the Wall Street Journal. He tackles the thesis of a new book which asserts that today’s adults are basically still adolescents who never grew up . . . and that’s a bad thing.
At first, I thought I was going to agree with the book and [...]
My Pop Media Diet
I can never just read one book at a time. Lately I’ve been reading:
From my interest in movies:
Yesterday, after the church council picnic, I finished The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons. Loved it. Next I’ll take up my biography of Laurel and Hardy.
The Kill Bill Diary: [...]
Dave Barry on E-Mail Book
Humorist Dave Barry has this fun take on what is actually quite a helpful little text. Go here to read Barry’s review of Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home.
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New Novel by J.R.R. Tolkien
Christopher Tolkien, the son of the famous father, has edited and released a “new” volume of the lore of Middle Earth. The Children of Hurin is based on a story the master first wrote in 1919. Tolkien fans know that he constantly revised and re-wrote his tales all his life long. [...]
