This is book I was actually anticipating during Lent. I learned about it when I read one of Lisa Sampson’s novels, which I find generally a cut above the average “Christian women’s fiction.” Looking for more books by her, I was intrigued to discover that she and her husband had co-authored a book about pursuing [...]
Entries from March 2009
March 20, 2009
Finding Beauty in a Broken World, by Terry Tempest Williams (LentBooks #2)
This was another random library find to kick off my Lenten reading list. It’s an odd book. Personal, and very readable, but the links Williams makes among her subjects are not always apparent, though in the end the pieces do come together.
This collection of essays and reflections begins with the author learning the art of [...]
March 19, 2009
Journey of the Magi, by Paul William Roberts (LentBooks #1)
Seldom have I started my Lenten non-fiction reading journey in a less auspicious way. I went to the library to look around for books that grabbed my eye — I’m usually looking for things at least tangentially related to religion, spirituality or theology, although in some cases the connection is tenuous and clear only to [...]
March 1, 2009
The Tsarina’s Daughter, by Carolly Erickson
The Tsarina’s Daughter is a historical novel about the Russian Revolution, told from the viewpoint of Tatiana, one of the four daughters of the last Czar of Russia. As the story is told in first-person, the presumption of the narrative is that Tatiana survives her family’s execution and escapes to start a new life, allowing [...]
March 1, 2009
84, Charing Cross Road, by Helene Hanff
What an odd, quirky little book this is! I’m amazed I went this long without reading it, because I’ve often heard people talk about it and it seems to be a favourite of many. However, I apparently wasn’t paying close attention when they talked about it, becaus I was more than 2/3 of the way [...]
