The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl My rating: 4 of 5 stars I really enjoyed this cynical and satirical sci fi novel. It's about Mitchell Courtenay, a high ranking ad exec in a futuristic American society dominated by advertising. Indeed, it's virtually un-patriotic to not adhere to advertising's role in society. Mitch is given the …
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Innocent Blood : A Novel by Christopher Dickey My rating: 5 of 5 stars I think this is an excellent novel, very well written, well told. Dickey easily takes us from Kurt's Kansas upbringing to his times as a US Ranger to later visiting the former Yugoslavia, the land of his parents, to his essentially …
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Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God by Francis Chan My rating: 1 of 5 stars Didn't enjoy. Didn't view it as very realistic. Francis Chan has written a book that claims one must be totally, obsessively "in love" with Jesus Christ or all bets are off. On page 68, he asks "Would you describe …
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I proposed to my girlfriend, Gretchen, around 10 AM today on Chattanooga's Walnut Street walking bridge over the Tennessee River. I did it on "our" bench, on a one year anniversary from her first visit to the bridge with me, and on her favorite holiday -- Independence Day. We sat down on the bench and …
Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis My rating: 1 of 5 stars Unlike many of the reviewers on Goodreads, I despised this book. Indeed, I could find no "joy" whatsoever in reading this book. It's a tedious tale of a juvenile life and mind and the two words that kept popping into my head were …
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