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What would Jesus do?

Good News Bible (New Testament) by God/ Anonymous

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This is my companion review to my earlier review of the Old Testament, and, as I was reminded by the Cannonball overlords, a timely read given that Easter is coming up this weekend (happy end of Lent to the righteous, happy long weekend to the rest of us heathens!). As a basic overview for those who have been putting off their Bible studies, the New Testament (or at least the Good News Bible version) is roughly 330 pages which are divided into 27 chapters, or ‘books’ of uneven length.  The first four books (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) are the […]

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4/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:12 |

The original Book

The Good News Bible by God/ Anonymous

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It feels very wrong to write a book review of The Bible, but it would also feel wrong to not get the Cannonball Reads credit for reading it- so here we are!  I’m splitting this review into two, one review for the Old Testament and one review for the New Testament- not only does this make sense thematically, but this way I also get double the book reading credit!  Although my hesitations in writing this review are also many, I’m also hopeful that God, if he exists, and his biggest fans, who definitely exist, take my constructive criticism well… My […]

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4/2/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:11 |

Beautiful writing, a little too much religion

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

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I haven’t given up on my list of 50 Books Every Woman Should Read Before She Turns 40, although I’ve come close in the past couple of weeks. The latest book I picked up was the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Gilead (2004) by Marilynne Robinson. This was a relatively short novel about an old Congregationalist minister, John Ames, near the end of his life. It primarily focuses on Ames’s perspective of life, as well as relationships between fathers and sons. It’s obviously thoughtful and well written, which I appreciated. Some of the writing is just beautiful, feeling more like poetry than a novel. However, the […]

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3/10/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:8 |

Where my Enneagram nerds at?

The Sacred Enneagram by Christopher Heuertz

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For those not familiar with the Enneagram, I don’t really want to take up a ton of space with that explanation here. Basically, it is an ancient system of categorizing folks into 9 types. It’s more than a personality test; it focuses on internal motivations, wounds, and passions. It recognizes that the ‘type’ that you are is really a self-preservation mechanism that you learned as a child in order to protect the real you. There is a TON of info out there about this, so if you’re into self-discovery (especially in how it helps you understand and relate to those […]

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2/20/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:5 |

Academic Fiction at it’s Best but also Worst

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

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It’s probably been 15 years since I’ve read anything substantial by Umberto Eco. I’m pretty sure I was maybe a sophomore or junior in college the first time I read The Name of the Rose. Now, I find myself in the position of needing to reread it for a work-related event. In the intervening decade and a half, I’ve gotten a lot better at Latin, and I’ve also been exposed to a lot more primary source material concerning theology, philosophy, science, literature, and history of the European Middle Ages, as well as 20th century literary theory. What do my academic qualifications […]

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2/10/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:7 |

We three kings (not /those/ three kings)…

A Tale of Three Kings: A Study in Brokenness by Gene Edwards

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This one was for work reading….at first my post-Christmas brain went to the three kings from the East, but the book was definitely about a different set of three kings: namely Saul, David, and Absalom. It was a quick read and interesting, though I found  Edwards’ arguments a bit forced towards the end. It is a study of brokenness as the title states, but specifically about how that brokenness plays out in the leadership roles of the first three kings of Israel…and by extraction in our own lives. In the first of the three kings (Saul), Edwards started strong. Saul […]

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2/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:4 |

“You’ve got to pick up every stitch”

Practical Magic for Beginners by Brandy Williams

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I recently started getting into an actual magical practice. I’ve had an interest in it for years but never but never seriously practiced it. Since a lot of books on magic can be pretty esoteric, I wanted bare bones basic book to give me a general idea of where to start. Practical Magic for Beginners did a nice job of that. It begins with short exercises designed to improve focus and direct your energy works up to some basic rituals that you can personalize and make your own. The instructions and writing are straightforward and easy to follow, though I […]

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2/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:6 |

Mediocre Non-Fiction Primer on Religious Conspiracy Theories

Secrets of the Code: The Unauthorized Guide to the Mysteries Behind The DaVinci Code by Dan Burstein

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I have an almost flashbulb memory of reading The DaVinci Code– I was 20, backpacking Europe for six months and staying for a few days with my best friend at her live-in B&B job in London.  After Tube delays caused me to miss my discount early morning flight out to Berlin, I headed back into the city and spent the day reading Dan Brown’s thriller.  As a lapsed United Church churchgoer, I wasn’t heavily undone by any of the religious conspiracies in the novel, but I was thrilled to be reading the book in London, which features prominently.  I was […]

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2/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:6 |


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