Feb 4 2012
Everything about The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey makes me want to read it. The cover art, the website, the video, the plot, the connection to a Russian fairy tale, the author’s name – everything. Thus begins the rearrangement of my TBR pile …
Jan 26 2012
Today’s episode of Coffee & Markets features Darryl Hart discussing his book From Billy Graham to Sarah Palin: Evangelicals and the Betrayal of American. PejamanYousefzadeh and I spoke with Hart about how conservatism was being undermined by the evangelical movement, how a post-evangelical community may not necessarily be identified with the Republican party and more.
Jan 19 2012
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Yesterday’s edition of Coffee & Markets featured Jordan Ballor discussing Wisdom & Wonder: Common Grace in Science & Art a collection of the writings of the theologian Abraham Kuyper. Pejman Yousefzadeh and I spoke with Jordan about Kuyper’s unique life, his ideas and the challenges of cultural and political engagement for people of faith today.
Jan 2 2012
I intended to do some wraping up of 2011 before the year actually ended but some technical difficulties prevented that from happening. So I will instead look back this week.
For the first time since I have been tracking them, I read 75 books in a year – 79 actually. That is six more than I read in both 2008 and 2009 but I actually read 19,672 pages in 2009. Must have been reading longer books (a couple of Kindle Singles I counted as book too).
Goodreads has the details. Here is the raw data I have compiled
Total books read: 79
Total Pages: 19,135
Young Adult Fiction: 30
“Adult” Fiction: 14
Non-Fiction: 25
Faith/Theology: 12
I guess I knew this, but what really jumped out to me is how much YA fiction I read. Combine this with a theological focus and you have a lot less “adult” fiction.
In another post I will try to sort out my favorites from 2011.
Dec 15 2011
As part of the Tyndale Bloggers Tour I am giving away a free copy of Night of the Living Dead Christian by Matt Mikalatos. Simply leave a comment on this post and I will randomly draw a winner
Look for my review of the book later today.
