In which Siege climbs back on the CBR horse with a tale of a young medic’s adventures in Vietnam.
Evolving in Monkey Town
I’m not really good at clever post titles. Anyway. Nutshell: An easy read about one woman’s experience, from childhood Christian to questioning to somewhere in between. Recommended if you are interested in modern Christianity or if you too have ever wondered if you can reconcile your faith with some of the bigger questions in life. Read the review here
BrittaneyNichole #CBR6 Review #3 Dreams of the Solo Trapeze
I really like the circus, and I’m not talking about the clowns and animal stunts.
Jules Verne the Man Who Invented the Future
This book is a biography of Jules Verne from the ’60s that has been lying around the house. It was impossible to resist such a hyperbolic title, additionally the blurb claimed “he saw into the future”. Naturally I was disappointed when Jules Verne never demonstrated actual clairvoyance. I’ve only read 20000 Leagues Under the Sea of his, but had passing knowledge of his more famous books. It’s a short biography and a significant portion is devoted to describing his stories and the effects that they […]
Yes, Please
There’s this thing I really like to do: eat. Reading is right up there (throw in playing with my kid, sleeping, and the occasional roll in the hay, and that there’s a perfect day). When I lived in New York, I was lucky enough to eat some very good food prepared by some absolute geniuses. One place I always wanted to go but never made it was Aquavit, a Michelin-starred Scandinavian restaurant that served more than just the Ikea-style meatballs we all know and love. […]
TylerDFC #CBR6 Review 1 – Let Me Off At the Top – Ron Burgundy
While enjoying a joyous Christmas yule with my family and loved ones I was gifted a copy of famous anchorman Ron Burgundy’s tome of generous wisdom by my wife and lover. I should express that my copy of Ron’s manual of manhood, Let Me Off at the Top!, is bound in rich Corinthian leather and inked with a generous dollop of real howler monkey blood, as you know the rarest ink imaginable. While the small children toddled about with their wooden steamships and the older […]