Sexless in the City by Anna Broadway

May 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Synopsis:
The misadventures of a hapless twenty-something woman whose greatest fear is that she will die a virgin, and whose second greatest fear is that she’ll have sex before marriage.
Review:
I’ll let you know up front that there’s no way that I can be objective about Sexless in the City, because Anna Broadway met the woman who [...]

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Tags: American Literature

Harold Bloom’s Five Books vs. Mine

March 9th, 2007 · No Comments

In Newsweek this week, literary critic Harold Bloom offers his list of the five books he’d take to the desert island with him. Touchstone Magazine’s blog has some intriguing commentary, and some fun lists in the comments.
I will not be bringing the 2nd of 3 books I read tonight for work, because it was [...]

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Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller

October 23rd, 2006 · 1 Comment

Synopsis:
An autobiographical collection of irreverant essays about finding Jesus in the most unlikely places, starting with super-pagan Reed College in Portland, Oregon.
Review:
I kept hearing about this book from various people whose opinion I respected, but I was a little skeptical. I am weary of efforts to make Christianity “cool” or “relevant” or “postmodern” or [...]

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