Tag Archives: week in review

This week at the library… I began with Young Hornblower, a collection of three Hornblower novels set during Horatio Hornblower’s early career. C.S. Forester’s novels are fast-paced naval adventures with plenty of variety, often including political intrigue and shore-side missions. I’ll be continuing in … Continue reading →

Recent reading: The Infernova is a modern retelling of Dante’s inferno written to amuse skeptics by making religious hypocrites, cult leaders, and other enemies of reason the subject of poetic justice. Strength to Love was a collection of sermons by … Continue reading →

This week at the library… Letter from the Birmingham Jail, written by Martin Luther King Jr, is a response to King’s critics in which King explains the necessity and appropriateness of civil disobedience in the Civil Rights movement. The letter … Continue reading →

This week at the library: It’s Raining Frogs and Fishes! proved a breezy but interesting read, containing some forty essays on the world above — the sky and both the celestial and earth-bound bodies that inhabit it. The essays cover not … Continue reading →

American Infidel is a biography of Robert G. Ingersoll, one which places slight emphasis on his career as a “secular preacher”, one who railed against the abuses of organized religion while promoting liberty and humanism.  The biography is thorough, presenting … Continue reading →

This week at the library…. Dinner with a Perfect Stranger is a glorified Chick tract, although one with a more promising start. The book’s overworked protaganist is invited to dinner with Jesus and accepts, initially providing the reader with an … Continue reading →

I haven’t done a review post in nearly a month, as I’ve been toying with the idea of dropping the weekly summaries. When I changed from a weekly to an individual format over a year ago, I maintained the weekly … Continue reading →

Books this Update: The Gangs of New York, Herbert Ashbury Asimov Laughs Again, Isaac Asimov Lamb: the Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Friend; Christopher Moore Under and Alone, William Queen The Lives of Dax, ed.  Marco Palmieri The Best American … Continue reading →

Books this Update: Black Edelweiss, Johann Voss The Triumph of Caesar, Steven Saylor China Marine, Eugene Sledge Skipping Christmas, John Grisham Ford County: Stories, John Grisham I began my Christmas break with another World War 2 memoir in Johann Voss’s … Continue reading →

Books this Update: The Zinn Reader and Marx in Soho, Howard Zinn Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories (Volume I), Isaac Asimov The Best of Robert G. Ingersoll, compiled by Roger Greely Saints Behaving Badly, Thomas J. Craughwell Cicero, Anthony Everitt  … Continue reading →