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Category: book reviews

book review vol. seventeen: Wall and Piece

My boss recently bought this coffee table book from the local Anarchist (yes, anarchist) book store, and over the past week I’ve spent my lunch breaks reading it. When I first picked it up I never really planned on reading all the way through it, but after spending 30 minutes looking at the images and [...]

book review vol. sixteen: Traveling Mercies

Ironically enough, on the heels of writing a post containing the question, “Of all the books you’ve read, which one did you read the fastest (presumably because it was excellent)? How long did it take?”, my answer changed. Ladies and gentlemen, D.O.’s new record for the shortest amount of time required to read an entire [...]

book review vol. fifteen: Prayer

I know it’s hard to believe, but it’s true. I actually finished another book. It’s only been like 4 months. I’ll wait for the applause to die down before I continue. [pauses] As you may or may not be able to tell from the picture, my most recent book completion was Philip Yancey’s latest, Prayer: [...]

book review vol. fourteen: No Compromise

It’s been a long while since I last published a book review, and for good reason too: it’s been a long while since I last finished a book. That said, I give you a review for No Compromise: The Life Story of Keith Green. As you may have ascertained from the book’s title, this is [...]

book review vol. thirteen: A Field Guide to Evangelicals and Their Habitat

I came across this book at a Dallas area Half Price Books I visited with a friend. I had no intentions of leaving the store having made a purchase, but upon thumbing through this book I thought it worthy of my $6.47. At first, second, and possibly third glance, I wasn’t sure how to go [...]