Monthly Archives: March 2011
A Somewhat Disappointing Book
Heaven Revealed What is it like? What will we do? And 11 other things you’ve wondered about. Paul Enns © 2011 Moody Publishers, Chicago ISBN 978-0-8024-4982-5 (Pbk.) 187 pp. plus notes and selected bibliography Pastor Enns gives several meanings of … Continue reading
A novel that explains culture in a fascinating way
The Last Chinese Chef, a Novel Nicole Mones © 2007 http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com ISBN 978-0-547-95373-8 (pbk) 278 pp. plus discussion guide and recipes A foods and restaurant critic, Maggie McElroy, learns that her husband, killed a year earlier in an auto accident, … Continue reading
Do You Know about These Funny Guys?
We Be BIG. The Mostly True Story of How Two Kids from Calhoun County, Alabama became Rick and Bubba Rick Burgess and Bill “Bubba” Bussey © 2011 with Don Keith Thomas Nelson Publishers ISBN 978-1-4016-0400-4 (ppbk) 215 pp. (NOTE) For … Continue reading
An Exciting and Practical book for Dreamers
The Me Project 21 Days to Living the Life You’ve Always Wanted Kathi Lipp © 2011 Harvest House Publishers ISBN 978-0-7369-2566-0 (pbk) 202 pp. plus project planner My first thought, on reading this title: “Oh, no, not another pop psychology … Continue reading
Books, books, books: pits or pearls? 