I just finished reading Jon Krakauer’s book, Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman. I happened across the book while browsing in the nonfiction section of our local library. I’ve enjoyed some of the author’s other writing, so I was … Continue reading
I just finished reading Suzanne Collins’s book, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. I borrowed it from my daughter, Olivia, who borrowed it from her friend Maddy. But it was a quick read, so I didn’t feel too guilty about extending the … Continue reading
I just finished reading Neil Gaiman’s book, The Ocean at the End of the Lane. It was suggested to me over a month ago by my friend Mark. But I had to wait a month until one of our library’s copies was … Continue reading
I just finished reading John Steinbeck’s book, The Moon Is Down. I wanted to find something to read over vacation. So I was browsing through my library’s electronic resources and saw a different Steinbeck book featured (which I’d already read). It reminded … Continue reading
I just finished reading Chris Ballard’s book, The Art of a Beautiful Game. It was recommended to me by my son, Elliot, who checked it out from our public library on the last day before it shut down in the face of … Continue reading
Corrie Ten Boom was living in Haarlem during the time that the Netherlands was occupied by Nazi Germany. Her family’s faith in Jesus Christ prompted them to provide a hiding place for Jews, as the military started to deport them … Continue reading
I just finished reading Michael Shaara’s book, The Killer Angels. My eyes chanced across it while browsing in our local used book shop, and something about the cover of the book captured my attention. I also noticed that it had won the … Continue reading
It’s that time of the year for retrospection. After posting my Top Ten Songs of 2019, I thought that a list of my favorite reading material would be good. Reading seemed to be a bigger focus for 2019 than it was … Continue reading
My second Christmas Break book this year was Raymond Carver’s collection of short stories, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. I love short-form fiction, even though I don’t actually take the time to read it more than once or … Continue reading
I just finished reading Jonathan Raban’s book, Bad Land: An American Romance. I plucked it from the shelf at my local library, without any pretext, purely on a whim, and I ended up reading all 320 pages in less than a week … Continue reading