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Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense
N.T. Wright
HarperSanFrancisco, 2006
A must read
+ What Is Christianity?
+ a master writer
+ Simply and Well Put
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Clown Girl: A Novel
Monica Drake
Hawthorne Books, 2007
Dark, Dank and Delicious
+ Depressing, hilarious, unconventional, and universal all at once
+ Funny concept, great voice
Recently I read somewhere that great novels aren't written anymore - certainly it's true that great novels aren't often published anymore. but Clown Girl stands as a shiny exception. Through spare dialogue, brutal imagery and divine comedy Drake pulls the reader into a vivid world that is ...
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Invisible Monsters
Chuck Palahniuk
W. W. Norton & Company, 1999
This book is ca-razy!
+ My Unexpected Favorite
+ GREAT
+ a slow start, followed by a headlong rush. This book stayed in my head for a long time afterward!
+ A Good One
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Exploring Reality: The Intertwining of Science and Religion
John Polkinghorne
Yale University Press, 2007
Polkinghorne: Simple yet profound
+ Polkinghorne views both Scientific and Theological reality
+ Challenging Concepts made Accesible.
+ Polkinghorne exploring reality.
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Survivor: A Novel
Chuck Palahniuk
Anchor, 2000
Survivor: A Novel
+ Great
+ amazing imagination
Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk *****
Survivor is the story of where it all went wrong. The point in our lives where we have all had choices to make. The choices that affect the rest of our lives. Survivor is the search for something far and something big, maybe something bigger than all of us, it ...
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Frankenstein (Penguin Classics)
Mary Shelley
Penguin Classics, 2003
4-1/2 stars for a classic the movies messed up
+ Not what I remembered... turns out there are 2 versions
+ Frankenstein
+ Frakenstein
+ This edition allows Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin-Shelley to shine
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The Radical Reformission: Reaching Out without Selling Out
Mark Driscoll
Zondervan, 2004
Wow
+ Radical
+ Provides great insight
+ The Radical Reformission Is Radical!
+ Raising the bar
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What Paul Meant
Garry Wills
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Excellent Analysis!
+ Interesting Notion
+ Not perfect, but still quite good
+ What Paul Meant
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Haunted: A Novel
Chuck Palahniuk
Anchor, 2006
A fantastic reading experience!
I LOVED this book. The writing is excellent. The author managed to bring out a different voice for each story. There was not a false moment in the narration--it all rang true. By the end I felt like I knew these characters. In our "reality show" culture where there are so many vivid examples of how ...
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Worship in Spirit and Truth
John M. Frame
P & R Publishing, 1996
The Regulative Principle in Practice
+ GREAT STUFF
+ "Wow!" and "Duh!"
+ straightforward interesting low-keyed useful introduction
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Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories
Chuck Palahniuk
Anchor, 2005
Guilt & Redemption
+ Enjoyable read
+ Stranger than Chuck...
+ Some stories are slow, but overall worth it.
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Company
Max Barry
Vintage, 2007
Stupendous job!
+ A Real-life Dilbert!
+ Story of my life!
+ Very entertaining
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Lullaby
Chuck Palahniuk
Anchor, 2002
By the balls
+ as good as fightclub
+ Unexpected dark humor... how can you resist?
This book grabbed me by the balls until I was done. I normally take a few months to get through a book, like Choke, but this was about a week. I would have only liked more main characters to die.
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The Metamorphosis (Bantam Classics)
Franz Kafka
Bantam Classics, 1972
I loved this book!!!!
+ Changes
+ A personal favorite
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1ONT9LRSBFK3Z
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What Jesus Meant
Garry Wills
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Will's God
I am most familiar with the Garry Wills who writes scholarly historical treatises on the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, even Henry Adams (Henry Adams and the Making of America). Lately, he's been busy writing essays on spiritual issues as a devout Catholic, and as I always liked ...
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