Despite sobbing for the last half of the book and movie, I thoroughly enjoyed The Time Traveler’s Wife. The plot was original, the writing tight, and it ingeniously crossed science fiction and romance. This weekend, I tore through Niffenegger’s Her Fearful Symmetry largely because the location — Highgate Cemetary in London — is one of [...]

With Americans looking towards Republicans to preserve our freedom and liberty this November, right-wing pundits are racing to publish their blueprints for a conservative victory. What if the book every conservative needs to read was published fifty years ago? At only 100 pages, The Conscience of a Conservative has inspired conservatives for decades, yet there has [...]

Given the popularity of the punditry to release books with a blueprint for taking back America, I fully expected R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.’s After the Hangover: The Conservatives’ Road to Recovery to follow the pattern set out by Sean Hannity and Newt Gingrich. While he does devote a few chapters to the his ideas towards [...]

What makes a writer? Whether you’re a teenager pouring your heart into a journal or a cynical editorial writer, the personality type that must document with the written word is unique. Croupier, a 1998 Clive Owen film, captures the perspective of a writer. In one of my favorite scenes, Owen’s character, Jack, describes his desire [...]

The May list is a little different than April. I’m cycling a few books off and making it shorter. May is just as busy as April was, and I’m already a week into the month. Liberal Fascism, Jonah Goldberg This is the best book that I’ve read in a while. I love studying political movements. [...]

Surprisingly, Dee Dee Myers, the first female White House spokesperson, presents a fair and reasonable explanation of feminism in this book, Why Women Should Rule the World. With the exception of the first chapter, I was pleasantly surprised. It’s conversational and entertaining. She’s not preachy with her views and shares interesting insights into the Clinton [...]

Having strong roots in the South, Southern fiction is one of my favorite genres. Kaye Gibbons’ Charms for the Easy Life is my absolute favorite book. I read my first copy so many times that it fell apart. Reading Rebecca Wells novels (Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood) is similar to listening to my mom [...]

At the beginning of April, I shared my rather optimistic reading list and was surprised by the comments. There seems to be a correlation between bloggers and impulsive book buying! Since I got enthusiastic feedback on that post, I decided to continue it. At the beginning of the month, I’ll post my upcoming reading list. [...]

Admittedly, when I heard that Sean Hannity was writing a book on how conservatives could take back America in November, I wasn’t that enthused. With poll numbers falling, the growing tea party and the palpable anger of most Americans over health care, these types of books are only expected. Then I read some favorable reviews [...]

While reading Letters to an American Lady by C.S. Lewis, which is part of the April reading list, I came across this passage. Like much of Lewis’ work, it hits you in the gut with the truth of walking with Christ. From the letter dated 6/12/55: For it is a dreadful truth that the state [...]