February 1, 2012 – 7:51 am
The Book: Shepherding a Child’s Heart, by Tedd Tripp
The Story: This really is just another parenting book. The “twist” on this one, I guess, is that Tedd Tripp claims that his method of parenting is firmly based in the Bible and is the technique that will guide your kid down the “straight and narrow” from [...]
January 22, 2012 – 10:20 am
The Book: Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way, by John Krakauer
The Story: I don’t know how many of you have read Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson, but I remember for a hot minute that book was EVERYWHERE. When I read it, I wrote this review on Goodreads [...]
January 14, 2012 – 9:31 am
The Book: The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, by Michael Pollan
The Story: Michael Pollan had been curious about where his food comes from for a long time. It’s just something that we, as Americans (or people living in a first world country) take for granted every single day, but it was something [...]
January 10, 2012 – 8:52 am
The Book: The Late Bloomer’s Revolution, by Amy Cohen
The Story: Amy is thirty years old and unmarried and has no children and she has been fired from her job and can’t ride a bike. She starts to think that she’s old and washed up and decides to better herself.
What I Thought: Here’s the thing: I [...]
December 18, 2011 – 9:40 pm
The Book: Always Looking Up, by Michael J. Fox
The Story: After Michael J. Fox quit working on Spin City due to Parkinson’s, he was kind of depressed- day-to-day life was a struggle and after years and years in front of the camera, he felt bored and lonely. He decided to use his disease, his fame, [...]
November 9, 2011 – 10:25 am
The Book: Breakfast with Tiffany: An Uncle’s Memoir, by Edwin John Wintle
The Story: Tiffany is a semi-wild 13 year old living with her mom and brother and just causing trouble at every turn.
Edwin as an urbane, successful New Yorker who is 40 years old and pretty proud of where he is in his life.
When Tiffany’s [...]
October 29, 2011 – 10:40 am
The Book:Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson
The Story: This is the story of Steve Jobs’ life: his youth, his family, his beliefs, and primarily his successes and failures at Apple and his other companies.
Steve Jobs is one of these modern “celebrities” that has been part of the tech revolution since its earliest days. He and Steve [...]
October 26, 2011 – 8:52 am
John Tyler, by Gary May
John Tyler is one of those forgotten presidents. He was the first vice president to take over after the death of a president and to be perfectly honest, he didn’t really do much in office. He got himself really hooked on Texas and slavery and tried to get stuff done in [...]
October 25, 2011 – 11:53 am
The Book: Schindler’s List, by Thomas Keneally
The Story: Oskar Schindler ran a factory in Southern Germany during WWII.
Because of his place in the “food chain,” he found out pretty early on what was happening with the Jews. He was totally appalled and decided that he was going to do everything he could to protect as [...]
September 29, 2011 – 8:31 am
The Book: The Story of My Father: A Memoir, by Sue Miller
The Story: Sue Miller, a well known novelist, is taken totally off guard when her reliable, wonderful father is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. It’s a hard pill to swallow for any child, but for Sue it seemed especially hard because he had always been the [...]