Fiction
Horse – Geraldine Brooks
Let me preface this by saying I rarely review audiobooks because they often fail to leave a mark. They are unmemorable. I finish one, and I already have the next one waiting in the wings. […]
Month: October 2022
Fiction
Where the Blue Sky Begins – Katie Powner
How do you review a novel with such a bittersweet ending? A novel that leaves your heart feeling both warm and broken? Where the Blue Sky Begins was my first Katie Powner novel, and she […]
Fiction
Body of Evidence – Irene Hannon
Before I read Body of Evidence by Irene Hannon, it had been over a year since I’d picked up a novel by this particular author. I did not enjoy Labyrinth of Lies as much as […]
Non-Fiction
Upside-Down Apocalypse – Jeremy Duncan
I went through a Left Behind phase growing up. Read the adult books before the kids books. Read the prequels and sequel and non-fiction associated the Tim LaHaye School of Prophecy. Eventually even went to […]
Academic
Wondrously Wounded – Brian Brock
Since its release in 2020, Wondrously Wounded: Theology, Disability, and the Body of Christ has become the textbook for disability theology. Let’s begin with Dr. Brock’s credentials for this book. Brian Brock is the editor-in-chief […]
Children's Books
Different: A Story of the Spanish Civil War – Mónica Montañés and Eva Sánchez Gómez
A few years ago, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers has published a book called Mexique that chronicled the story of children who were sent to Mexico as refugees of Spanish Civil War. Different tells the […]
Children's Books
A Head Full of Birds – Alexandra Garibal
A Head Full of Birds is the story of neurodiverse friendship. The opening panels introduce us to Nanette, who exhibits some autistic symptoms such as having a deep inner life of imagination. Later, we’re introduced […]
Non-Fiction
Silencing White Noise – Willie Francois III
There have been droves of books on antiracism, both for the general market and specifically designed for the Christian market. Silencing White Noise is the latter, written by Willie Francois III, president of the Black […]
Academic
The Home of God – Miroslav Volf and Ryan McAnnally-Linz
In 2019, Miroslav Volf presented the University of Birmingham’s Cadbury Lectures, speaking on the topic of the world as God’s home. That content has been reworked with Ryan McAnnally-Linz into book form and released as […]
Non-Fiction
Grace Can Lead Us Home – Kevin Nye
I saw a photo the other day of a police officer writing a person experiencing homelessness a citation for experiencing homelessness while the tagline “SERVE AND PROTECT” was prominently emblazoned on the police cruiser in […]