Perhaps in the course of this rundown you will get some inspiration to join me on Goodreads and set a reading goal for 2022. Or maybe you will just get some good ideas for titles you might be interested in reading, or not reading, in the year ahead.More
Category Archives: Books
When Villains Reimagine Classic Fairytales
Now the spell cast is feminism and gender theory, and the flames the dragon belches are all about dismantling the heteronormative patriarchy.More
Amazon Already Ruined The Wheel of Time in the First Episode
In all the same ways the latest Dune film was so fantastic because it honored the author’s original intent and vision, what Amazon did with WoT is a travesty.More
Frank Herbert and Dune, Gene Edward Veith and Modern Fascism
Does Dune champion individual liberty and human flourishing along conservative lines, or is it just another more sophisticated effort at deconstructing Western civilization?More
Book Review: ‘The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment’ by Jeremiah Burroughs
Even just in the title of Jeremiah Burroughs 1648 work we are told that contentment for the Christian is precious and valuable, and that it is uncommon.More
Heavy on History – Refreshing the Audiobook Queue
This time around, I have elected to replenish my list of current titles with a lot of history spanning the past millennium from the Crusades to the present. More
Series Review: ‘The Asian Saga’ by James Clavell
Spanning 1600 to 1979, and set in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Iran, the stories all add up to one thing – the beauty and horror of what happens when East meets West.More
Book Review: ‘Bondage of the Will’ by Martin Luther
I am struck by the utter lack of concern that father of Protestantism showed for what we would consider good manners in contending for what he held to be good doctrine.More
Book Review: ‘Charlemagne’ by Johannes Fried
What if Charlemagne had the right of it, though? At least in some important ways, though certainly not all respects, I think he did. More
Book Review: ‘The Life of Greece’ by Will Durant
If only the self-impressed scholars of the last century would concede that their framework for understanding the ancient past is an impediment more than an aid. More