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December 20, 2005

Book Recommendations

Glenn Reynolds asked for and received a number of book recommendations. Just because this is my bandwidth and you people choose to read this stuff, here is the official Slublog Book Recommendation List.

Empire Falls by Richard Russo. I'll admit it, I didn't want to read this book for the longest time, because all of the book critics loved it and it was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. I'd been burned before by book critics. But Russo's book, set in Maine, is a great read with a lot of well-written characters. How a book this unpretentious ever won the Pulitzer is beyond me.

Do As I Say, Not As I Do by Peter Schweizer. This book asks a very simple question - do liberals live according to the principles they espouse? All too often, the answer is no. This could have been a series of ad hominem essays, but Schwiezer isn't interested in the personal - he looks at issues such as tax breaks, stock ownership and wealth and compares what people say with how they actually live. It's amazing to me that people like Michael Moore can get away with having Halliburton stock or that the Clintons survived the Whtitewater scandal at all, considering what they did. The book is more than simple schadenfreude. It has a simple point - live by the rules you set for others.

Searching for God Knows What by Donald Miller. Outstanding. This book helped me look at my relationship with God in new ways, and is very funny in parts, which is a bonus. There are just not enough truly funny Christian writers out there.

No Holds Barred: Wrestling With God in Prayer by Mark D. Roberts. Good blogger, excellent writer. Very good book about how we talk to God, and how we can do better at it, based on a study of the prayers in Psalms.

Hush. Story by Jeph Loeb, Art by Jim Lee. Yes, it's a comic book, but it's one that's over 300 pages long. Great art, excellent story - if you like comic books graphic novels, this is one that you can lose yourself in - just like with a good book.

More to come if I think of them.

Posted by slublog at December 20, 2005 12:01 AM

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