Where the Jobs Are Now
This book is outside of my area of expertise, but is expertly reviewed at Christian Personal Finance. I know many people are looking for this type of information.
Fantasy in Death – and Reality
I recently read J. D. Robb’s Fantasy in Death and enjoyed the advanced technology. I told my wife when we had both read it that I felt that some of the technology described was at least possible and might well happen sooner than later. Well, it’s not nearly that type of capability–we’re still a long…
Book: In the Stormy Red Sky
David Drake has, as expected, written another enjoyable far future action story with lots of military detail featuring Lt. Daniel Leary and Officer Adele Mundy along with a cast of varying characters. As this book begins, Daniel is promoted to Captain and sent on what should be a fairly simple mission as a sort of…
Three Commentaries on Leviticus
I just compared two commentaries on Leviticus on my Participatory Bible Study blog. In addition, I’d like to link to my older review of Jacob Milgrom’s three volume commentary on the same book. From that review: The only possible adjective for this commentary is “incredible.” It is not just long (2,468 pages of text), but…
Review – The Second Confession
In this mystery, Nero Wolfe finds himself under attack through one of his dearest things–his orchids. He also finds himself working outside his home, another unusual situation for him. Since much of the action takes place outside of New York City, we don’t have staples such as Detective Cramer, but we do hear about him…
Review – Storm from the Shadows
Storm from the Shadows is a sequel to The Shadow of Saganami, and as such advances the general history in the Honorverse only a little bit beyond the end of At All Costs. I had read some reviews that said that this book ended on a cliffhanger, but I had generally dismissed those. David Weber…
Book Notes: The World of Jeeves
The World of Jeeves is an omnibus collection of stories about Jeeves and Wooster. If you’re a fan, this is a great collection. I have to admit that I had only read a little bit before I picked up this volume, but I am a fan of almost any British humor and Jeeves and Wooster…
Book Notes: The Laughter of Dead Kings
The Laughter of Dead Kings by Elizabeth Peters has a couple strikes against it. (Note some minor spoilers ahead.) The first of these is that it is not consistent with other books in the series. Peters admits this and says she doesn’t care, which is obviously her right. I find inconsistencies in the background of…
Book Notes: Cat in a Topaz Tango
Cat in a Topaz Tango is the latest in the wonderful Midnight Louie series. If you don’t like thinking and talking animals, then this book probably isn’t for you, but if you like light-hearted fun and a bit of mystery, it’s great. If you like cats, so much the better! This is one of those…
Holy Bible: Mosaic NLT
Note: I am participating in a blog tour for the release of this Bible on my Participatory Bible Study blog. Please go there for more information on the Mosaic Bible giveaway. There are more details on the tour at the HolyBibleMosaic.com site. I was very excited to receive a copy of The Mosaic Bible from…