For the last couple years I’ve done some version of the best of TV in that particular year or whatever, but this year I’m going to rank all categories of pop culture. I’ll name my top five favorites in the following: television, movies, music, and books.
When people who get paid to do this for a [...]
Archive for the ‘books’ Category
19 Dec
#52 – the christmas sweater
Written by: Glenn Beck
Recommended by: my mother (and the fact that I love Glenn)
Like him or hate him, you can’t deny that Glenn Beck is fascinating. In fact, Barbara Walters recently hailed him as one of her most fascinating people of 2009. I’ve been a big fan of his for a couple of years now. [...]
12 Dec
#51 – grace
Written by: Richard Paul Evans
Recommended by: Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck really IS the Oprah for conservatives. I love when he has authors on, and I love when he talks about books. If not for him, I would’ve missed out on Joel Rosenberg and Brad Thor, who have become two of my favorite authors. Next on my [...]
30 Oct
#50 – graceling
Written by: Kristin Cashore
Recommended by: my friend Kelly
So the thumping of something being thrown onto the balcony outside my bedroom woke me from one of my many naps yesterday, and I pulled back the blinds to see a box from Amazon. Kelly had told me to expect my birthday present, and so I was excited [...]
20 Oct
#49 – redefining beautiful
Written by: Jenna Lucado
Reviewed for: Thomas Nelson
I was excited to hear that Max Lucado’s eldest daughter, Jenna, had published her first book. I’ve been such a fan of her father’s writing since I first became aware of him as a freshman in college, and I was even more eager to read Redefining Beautiful because of [...]
14 Oct
#46 – jumping through fires
Written by: David Nasser
Recommended by: Mac Powell
It took me three hours to read one of the best books I’ve ever read. It’s not very long at all, but it is jam-packed with profundity.
I hadn’t heard of David Nasser a couple months ago, but because I follow Mac Powell from Third Day on Twitter, I’d heard [...]
14 Oct
#47 – levi’s will
Written by: W. Dale Cramer
Reviewed for: Bethany House
When I chose Levi’s Will as my first selection to review for Bethany House, I had heard of neither the book nor its author. The reason I chose it was because it is critically acclaimed, had won the 2006 Christy for Contemporary Fiction, and, well, because it told [...]
14 Oct
#48 – leaving yesterday
Written by: Kathryn Cushman
Reviewed for: Bethany House
Leaving Yesterday was my second selection to review for Bethany House. I started it right after finishing Levi’s Will, and I suspect that may have played a part in my less-than-enthusiastic response. It’s not that it tells a bad story or is written poorly. I was interested enough to [...]
5 Oct
#45 – find your strongest life
Written by: Marcus Buckingham
Reviewed for: Thomas Nelson
The main reason I opted to review this book was because a couple years ago, my father was asked to participate in a conference involving Mr. Buckingham. He spoke highly of Mr. Buckingham and vice-versa.
I suppose I’ll have to read some of his other books, because I really didn’t [...]
26 Sep
#44 – envy
Written by: Anna Godbersen
This book — the third in the Luxe series — sat on its shelf for months before I even remembered I hadn’t read it.
I finally took it down today and ended up having to force myself to finish it. My complete and utter lack of interest in it is why I’ve also [...]
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