The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals |
Michael Pollan |
Audio |
Library |
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06-27-2008 |
07-31-2008 |
9 |
awesome overview of how food gets to our plates. |
Why There's Antifreeze in Your Toothpaste: The Chemistry of Household Ingredients |
Simon Quellen Field |
Print |
Library |
267 |
01-22-2008 |
01-27-2008 |
7 |
instirring stuff! |
Original Sin: A Cultural History |
Alan Jacobs |
Print |
Library |
286 |
07-15-2008 |
10-29-2008 |
8 |
This survey of the history of human thought regarding the question "Unde hoc malum?" (from whence this evil) is both readable and enlightening. Interestingly, my progress on this work was quite slow, but the reading never felt slow. I think the subject |
Mortal Syntax: 101 Language Choices That Will Get You Clobbered by the Grammar Snobs - Even If You're Right |
June Casagrande |
Print |
Library |
240 |
08-14-2008 |
09-05-2008 |
7 |
Some good stuff, and very witty, but I tire of her slams on conservatives. |
Paradise Lost |
John Milton |
Audio |
Library |
|
02-25-2008 |
03-16-2008 |
8 |
Loved it! |
13 Things That Don't Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time |
Michael Brooks |
Print |
Library |
256 |
09-10-2008 |
09-25-2008 |
9 |
A really excellent distillation of thirteen fascinating issues. I love easy-to-read, short books on science. Good stuff. |
Happiness is a Serious Problem: A Human Nature Repair Manual |
Dennis Prager |
Print |
Library |
180 |
10-21-2008 |
12-01-2008 |
8 |
A truly useful book that makes a case for working on being as happy as possible. |
Xenocide |
Orson Scott Card |
Audio |
Library |
|
06-02-2008 |
08-29-2008 |
7 |
the engrish is so brutal...but the book is great. |
Dune |
Frank Herbert |
Audio |
Library |
|
06-24-2008 |
08-07-2008 |
8 |
excellent audio production of a fascinating book. |
50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know |
Joanne Baker |
Print |
Library |
208 |
07-03-2008 |
10-31-2008 |
8 |
Really enjoyable. Made a good bedtime book. |
Star Wars: Republic Commando: Hard Contact |
Karen Traviss |
Print |
Library |
295 |
01-30-2008 |
02-05-2008 |
7 |
Actually quite enjoyable. |
Saving Darwin: How to Be a Christian and Believe in Evolution |
Karl W. Giberson |
Print |
Library |
248 |
08-06-2008 |
08-18-2008 |
7 |
I didn't find that he really delivered on the title. |
Six Arguments for a Greener Diet: How a More Plant-Based Diet Could Save Your Health and the Environment |
Michael F. Jacobson |
Print |
Library |
234 |
02-21-2008 |
03-03-2008 |
8 |
good stuff. Nothing terribly new to me though. |
Christianity & The Age of the Earth |
Davis A. Young |
Print |
Library |
188 |
08-27-2008 |
09-17-2008 |
8 |
An excellent survey of the evidence for the age of the earth and the history of the church's response to it. |
Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality |
Donald Miller |
Audio |
Library |
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03-17-2008 |
03-20-2008 |
8 |
hard to categorize, but interesting and challenging. |
The Woman Who Can't Forget: The Extraordinary Story of Living with the Most Remarkable Memory Known to Science--A Memoir |
Jill Price |
Audio |
Library |
|
07-07-2008 |
10-06-2008 |
7 |
Very interesting, although the narration was fairly average, bordering on lame. |
Speaker for the Dead |
Orson Scott Card |
Audio |
Library |
|
05-08-2008 |
05-16-2008 |
10 |
*such* a great audio production, and such a good book. |
Brisingr |
Christopher Paolini |
Print |
Library |
759 |
10-31-2008 |
11-10-2008 |
8 |
Surprisingly engaging and entertaining. Mr. Paolini's writing has definitely matured, and the change is nice. |
Change Up: An Oral History of 8 Key Events That Shaped Modern Baseball |
Larry Burke |
Print |
Library |
290 |
06-04-2008 |
06-19-2008 |
8 |
Really interesting stuff...makes me want to read more about baseball. |
Odd Hours |
Dean Koontz |
Print |
Library |
352 |
06-27-2008 |
07-06-2008 |
8 |
Another fun read with Mr. Thomas |
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto |
Michael Pollan |
Audio |
Library |
|
07-31-2008 |
08-28-2008 |
8 |
good tie-in to Omnivore. |
Dave Barry is Not Taking This Sitting Down! |
Dave Barry |
Print |
Library |
238 |
04-28-2008 |
05-04-2008 |
8 |
hilarious and delightful as always |
The Story of Measurement |
Andrew Robinson |
Print |
Library |
223 |
03-05-2008 |
04-29-2008 |
7 |
not exactly exhaustive, but pithy and informative. |
Dean Koontz's Frankenstein: Book One: Prodigal Son |
Dean Koontz |
Audio |
Library |
|
04-01-2008 |
04-18-2008 |
8 |
very entertaining...may have to pick up the rest of the series. |
Children of the Mind |
Orson Scott Card |
Audio |
Library |
|
09-09-2008 |
09-30-2008 |
7 |
good stuff in spite of the Engrish. |
Ender's Game |
Orson Scott Card |
Audio |
Library |
|
05-04-2008 |
05-08-2008 |
10 |
is there a better audio production around? I submit that there is not... |
Prayers for the Assassin |
Robert Ferrigno |
Audio |
Library |
|
05-30-2008 |
06-20-2008 |
7 |
Interesting book...I think I'll look at the sequel. |
Grammar Snobs are Great Big Meanies: A Guide to Language For Fun & Spite |
June Casagrande |
Print |
Library |
200 |
06-27-2008 |
07-12-2008 |
7 |
fun and informative. and it's nice to know that i'm really just a word nerd and not a grammar snob. |
The Great Planet Robbery |
Craig DiLouie |
Print |
Library |
231 |
07-11-2008 |
07-25-2008 |
7 |
fun fluff...never would've picked it up if not for the library's RSS feed. |
Depraved English |
Peter Novobatzky |
Print |
Library |
169 |
02-01-2008 |
02-06-2008 |
8 |
Very entertaining and educational. Especially useful for a Scrabble or Balderdash player. |
The Knowledge of the Holy |
A. W. Tozer |
Audio |
Library |
|
08-08-2008 |
08-15-2008 |
9 |
excellent! I'll have to read this in print. Very inspiring. |
Star Wars: The Clone Wars |
Karen Traviss |
Print |
Library |
260 |
08-30-2008 |
09-13-2008 |
7 |
nice to take a vacation in something completely fun sometimes. |
The Appeal |
John Grisham |
Print |
Library |
358 |
03-17-2008 |
04-03-2008 |
6 |
Entertaining as far as it goes, but I got really tired of "Big Business BAD, lawyers GOOD and only trying to HEP people". |
Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel |
Michio Kaku |
Print |
Library |
329 |
04-08-2008 |
12-18-2008 |
8 |
A very cool resource for any sci-fi fan who wants the wind taken out of all those cool speculative theories. |
The Last Lecture |
Randy Pausch |
Print |
Library |
210 |
10-07-2008 |
10-21-2008 |
8 |
Inspiring and uplifting. |
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible |
A.J. Jacobs |
Print |
Library |
377 |
05-20-2008 |
06-03-2008 |
9 |
Very readable and enjoyable. I found it an honest, open-minded look at living by the Word. |
Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks |
Zack Hample |
Print |
Library |
261 |
06-24-2008 |
06-27-2008 |
8 |
Very informative...I actually learned something! |
An Inconvenient Book: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems |
Glenn Beck |
Print |
Library |
298 |
01-27-2008 |
02-01-2008 |
8 |
Intriguing stuff, but basically what you get on his TV show. Not a bad thing, though... |
Killing Monsters: Why Children NEED Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence |
Gerard Jones |
Print |
Library |
261 |
07-24-2008 |
08-27-2008 |
8 |
Very thought-provoking look at how entertainment can actually be helpful. |
Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show |
Edmund R. Schubert |
Print |
Library |
432 |
08-27-2008 |
09-09-2008 |
8 |
short stories are cool...makes me want to do some writing. |
The Hand of God: A Journey from Death to Life by the Abortion Doctor Who Changed His Mind |
Bernard N. Nathanson |
Print |
Library |
206 |
04-04-2008 |
04-22-2008 |
8 |
sometimes chilling, always interesting |
Chasing Darkness |
Robert Crais |
Print |
Library |
273 |
09-25-2008 |
09-30-2008 |
9 |
A very smart, fast-paced thriller. |
Sissy Nation: How America Became a Culture of Wimps & Stoopits |
John Strausbaugh |
Print |
Library |
170 |
05-07-2008 |
05-16-2008 |
8 |
Thought-provoking and sometimes hilarious. |
Empire |
Orson Scott Card |
Audio |
Library |
|
10-20-2008 |
10-30-2008 |
8 |
fast paced and satisfying. Hopefully it doesn't come to that. |
Alas, Babylon |
Pat Frank |
Print |
Library |
327 |
12-21-2007 |
01-01-2008 |
9 |
Excellent, gripping novel |
The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments |
George Johnson |
Print |
Library |
192 |
06-03-2008 |
06-17-2008 |
9 |
fascinating and very readable. I love short books with short chapters. |
The Origin and History of the Doctrine of Endless Punishment |
Thomas B. Thayer |
Print |
Online or eBook |
132 |
08-25-2008 |
12-02-2008 |
9 |
A wonderfully detailed history of and attack on the doctrine of an Endless Hell. |
Battlestar Galactica |
Jeffrey Carver |
Print |
Online or eBook |
340 |
06-28-2008 |
07-03-2008 |
7 |
good novelization of the miniseries. |
The Horse and His Boy |
C.S. Lewis |
Print |
Owned |
224 |
02-08-2008 |
02-23-2008 |
8 |
Ethan found this one a bit tedious this time through. |
The Last Battle |
C.S. Lewis |
Print |
Owned |
224 |
04-28-2008 |
05-20-2008 |
9 |
I always end up hoping Heaven will be like Aslan's country. |
The Silver Chair |
C.S. Lewis |
Print |
Owned |
243 |
04-08-2008 |
04-28-2008 |
9 |
I like this one more every time. |
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe |
C.S. Lewis |
Print |
Owned |
208 |
01-23-2008 |
02-07-2008 |
9 |
Cool reading it while reading Matthew. |
The Silver Chair |
C.S. Lewis |
Print |
Owned |
243 |
10-21-2008 |
11-12-2008 |
8 |
Ethan chose to pick this one up again and really enjoyed it.
|
God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics |
C.S. Lewis |
Print |
Owned |
340 |
09-01-2007 |
02-15-2008 |
8 |
Very good stuff on a variety of topics. Particularly liked "Religion and Science", "Man or Rabbit?", and "Xmas and Christmas" |
Prince Caspian |
C.S. Lewis |
Print |
Owned |
223 |
02-25-2008 |
03-18-2008 |
8 |
Probably Ethan's attitude affected my enjoyment of this readthru. Little Mister didn't focus very well, then said it was boring. Rascal... |
The Last Battle |
C.S. Lewis |
Print |
Owned |
224 |
11-13-2008 |
11-29-2008 |
8 |
We enjoyed this one yet again. Maybe we'll wait until next year to start another. |
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader |
C.S. Lewis |
Print |
Owned |
248 |
03-19-2008 |
04-06-2008 |
9 |
still love this one |
The Magician's Nephew |
C.S. Lewis |
Print |
Owned |
202 |
01-06-2008 |
01-22-2008 |
8 |
I can't see ever *not* reading these books. |
The Elements of Style: The Original Edition |
William Strunk |
Print |
Purchased |
52 |
03-25-2008 |
10-01-2008 |
7 |
Good stuff...I love cheap grammar books. |
The Foundling: And Other Tales of Prydain |
Lloyd Alexander |
Print |
Purchased |
96 |
01-06-2008 |
01-07-2008 |
8 |
Nice bits of backstory for the Chronicles. |
Ender in Exile |
Orson Scott Card |
Print |
Purchased |
380 |
11-16-2008 |
11-21-2008 |
9 |
excellent wrap up to many loose ends. |
Revelation and the Fall of Judea: A Comparison of Chapters 4 Through 16 to Historical Events of A.D. 27 Through 135 |
Maurice A. Williams |
Print |
Purchased |
260 |
12-29-2007 |
12-10-2008 |
8 |
A truly great resource regarding the post-New-Testament events in Judea. I disagreed with some aspects of his interpretation but found it a worthwhile read. |
The Cheater's Guide to Baseball: Learn How to Hurl a Spitball, Cork a Bat, Steal Signs, Throw a World Series, and More |
Derek Zumsteg |
Print |
Purchased |
270 |
01-10-2008 |
01-18-2008 |
9 |
Fascinating and hilarious. Must-read for the serious baseball fan. |
The Book of Three |
Lloyd Alexander |
Print |
Purchased |
224 |
01-08-2008 |
01-22-2008 |
8 |
Every kid should read these. Even if he's 35. |
The Impossible Faith: Why Christianity Succeeded When It Should Have Failed |
J. P. Holding |
Print |
Purchased |
118 |
12-18-2008 |
12-22-2008 |
7 |
Definitely some useful information regarding some common objections to Christianity. |
The Adventure Bible: New International Version |
God |
Print |
Purchased |
1455 |
01-01-2008 |
12-05-2008 |
8 |
I liked the NKJV translation better, but I'm glad I read Ethan's Bible. It could come in handy later. |
Satan: An Authorized Autobiography |
John Anderson |
Print |
Purchased |
205 |
01-11-2008 |
01-14-2008 |
7 |
I would have preferred a non-fiction rendering, but this worked as an introduction. It will inspire further study on the "Is there a devil?" front. |
Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties |
Gleason Archer |
Print |
Purchased |
476 |
12-28-2007 |
11-25-2008 |
9 |
Excellent resource! |
Thoughts For Young Men |
John Charles Ryle |
Print |
Purchased |
68 |
01-09-2008 |
01-11-2008 |
9 |
a gold mine of inspiration for even a not-so-young man. |
Roaring Lambs: A Gentle Plan to Radically Change Your World |
Bob Briner |
Print |
Purchased |
208 |
02-20-2008 |
03-08-2008 |
9 |
Great stuff. Encouraging and challenging. |
From Eden to Exile: Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible |
Eric Cline |
Print |
Received as Gift |
256 |
12-21-2007 |
01-23-2008 |
7 |
Informative and interesting. |