My reviews for: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007
Some of my most recent book related posts below:
For a while now I've averaged about one book every ten days, yet here we are three weeks into January and I've only just finished my first book of 2012. The reason for that is that Max Hasting's monumental volume on the second world war, All Hell L...
This has been a good year for me when it comes to reading books. I didn't quite manage one book a week, for which I have my excuses, but I've still managed to read and finish 35 books this year and reviewed 33. There are a few on the go that I've not y...
These are all the books I have read in 2011 and their reviews Consumer Detox by Mark Powley Before the Frost by Henning Mankell Freakonomics by Levitt & Dubner A New Perspective on Jesus by James DG Dunn Holiness & Mission by Morna ...
Every now and then some light reading is called for and this came in the handy form of Good Omens by Pratchett and Gaiman. The basic plot is that it's time for the end of the world and the birth of the anti-Christ, unfortunately due to a mix up...
For the past ten years or so I have lived in middle England. Our town had an overwhelmingly white British population, most of whom would be very happy if it stayed that way. Despite having travelled reasonably widely and had the pleasure of learni...
I'm rapidly becoming a big fan of everything Tim Keller writes (I previously reviewed Counterfeit Gods) because, well, he just seems to make so much sense. In Generous Justice: How God's grace makes us just Keller explores how the motivation fo...
I recently watched for the second times the magnificent Band of Brothers mini-series (for what it's worth one of the most remarkable pieces of TV drama I've ever seen) and decided to follow that up by reading the book of the same name. This is ...
Preaching Christ by Edgar Andrews is a classic example of not judging a book by its cover, or for that matter its layout and design inside the cover because that, like the cover, is terrible. I almost didn't read this book, I just assumed it woul...
Sometimes reading books suggested to you by others proves to be a real blessing and other times it puts you into a predicament because you don't like the book. It's taken me a while to figure out which category this book falls into. I have many ...
What should church life be like? What values and principles should be evident to any observer? How should a church be led and who by and what gifts should we be looking for? These are the questions that Terry Virgo addresses in The Spirit-Filled Ch...
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