An Edited Review of Charles Bukowski’s Scarlet

Charles Bukowski's Scarlet by Pamela Wood My rating: 1 of 5 stars January 6, 2013 -- EDIT: The author of this book emailed me today and wrote me a very gracious email when she could have rightly attacked me for being so mean spirited in my short, bad review of her book. She assured me …

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Worst Interview Ever!

Two weeks ago today I had the absolute worst job interview I've ever had in my entire life! Let me back up. I saw this job advertised back in mid-September and applied. It was for a mid to high-level technical writer job. The job seemed perfect. I had done everything they wanted. I seemed like …

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On a Lack of Book Reviews

If you've been reading my blog for awhile, you'll notice I publish a lot of book reviews. Frankly, these are Goodreads reviews I cross post to my blog, but I get a lot of traffic here when I publish book reviews. So you might have noticed I haven't written any in awhile. I wanted to …

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A Review of Crazy Love

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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A Review of The Gospel of Judas

The Gospel of Judas: Critical Edition by Rodolphe Kasser My rating: 2 of 5 stars I have to confess I started this book out of sheer interest in the subject matter, but I couldn't finish it -- I just thought it was too silly to believe. Maybe I've got too much of the traditional four …

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