Latest adventures in reading.
Wow…only two books this month. I really must read shorter books! The Last Lion: Defender of the Realm by William Manchester and Paul Reid I have finally completed Manchester’s three-volume series on Winston Churchill. I was a little apprehensive upon beginning this last volume, as Manchester only lived long enough to compile the material and…
I thought quarantine would mean that I got to read more books. Silly me. Still, I did manage to get some reading in. Here’s the list for May. And, if you’re interested, here’s my running tally for 2020. Beren and Lúthien by J.R.R. Tolkein, complied and edited by Christopher Tolkein I’m doing some reading into…
I thought I was going to finish more books this month. Still, I guess seven isn’t bad when one of them was The Iliad The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis In our lunchtime reading around the table we finally finished “Voyage of the Dawn Treader”. I enjoyed it more this time around,…
Slim pickings this month…still, some quality books. Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis Another Narnia book read with the boys at the lunch table. This one has a fair amount of backstory, lots of adventure, and of course, Reepicheep. On another note, my second-born (age 12) is really getting into this series. Reason, Faith, and the…
I got to read some really great books this month. Check them out! 1066: The Year that Changed Everything by Jennifer Paxton First up: everything you wanted to know about the Battle of Hastings, its antecedents, and its outcomes. Shorter than the other “Great Courses” I have listened to, but very informative and enjoyable. The…
Starting the year off strong with some good books read during the month of January. The Gagging of God by D.A. Carson Got this one in under the wire for 2019. Over the past couple months I’ve shared several quotes from Carson’s “The Gagging of God” on social media. Truth be told, what I’ve shared…
A busier than normal schedule and longer than normal books made for a shorter than normal list this month. Still, there were couple really great reads. Empires of the Sea by Roger Crowley Empires of the Sea is the second Roger Crowley book I’ve read. It won’t be the last. After reading his breathtaking description…
Rediscovering the Church Fathers by Michael A. G. Haykin A collection of essays on a few of the notable Church Fathers of the first four centuries of Christianity. I learned a lot, and it piqued my interest to delve more deeply into patristic life and theology. All the chapters were informative. My personal favorite was…
A week of bed-rest made time for some serious reading this month. Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch by Donald J. Sobol This is the third Encyclopedia Brown book I’ve read with my sons at the lunch table. The guys enjoy trying to figure out the mysteries before we read the answers,…
Here are the books I read in September. White Sand, Volume 1 (Graphic Novel) by Brandon Sanderson I took a short break from my current theological reading and picked up the first volume of Brandon Sanderson’s White Sand graphic novel. I must say, I am becoming somewhat of a Sanderson fan (Sanderfan? Fanderson?)…and this book…