Reading Addict

I recently heard a fascinating interview on NPR’s “Fresh Air with Terry Gross” program with author Scott Spencer.  He spoke candidly and thoughtfully about his latest book A Man in the Woods which focuses on a man on a hunting trip who accidentally kills… more »

Say midlife crisis and your first images are bound to be impractical sports cars, hair implants, and gold jewelry.  The words predictable, pathetic or cliché may come to mind.  Maybe it is a result of my own age that I’m feeling a little less harsh and a… more »

Those of us who live in the U.S. of A. hear of “wars and rumors of wars,” but our children are usually spared the horrible details. This is not true of the child soldiers on distant shores who meet war in the close up and personal way that young Ishmael… more »

Conception by Kalisha Buckhanon is the moving tale of Shivana Montgomery. Fifteen years old, pregnant by a much older married man, and struggling to make her way in a world she isn’t mature enough to fully comprehend, Shivana makes her way through life’s… more »

 Reading Obrey Hendricks, Jr.’s book, the Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus’ Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted, is like sitting at the feet of a contemporary griott, and having the story of a hero told in a… more »