Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

An Instant Classic

The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

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This. Book. Is. So. Good. Seriously. Go get your hands on it right now. The Book of Longings is the fictional story of Jesus’s (Yes, that Jesus) feminist wife, Ana. Author Sue Monk Kidd wove a narrative that is unbelievably immersive and reverential to the life and times of Jesus Christ. By focusing on the humanity of Jesus and the strength of the women around him, The Book of Longings breathes new life into an age-old story. At a time when women were considered the […]

A Quick Read with Transformative Power

Love Wins by Rob Bell

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“A staggering number of people have been taught that a select few Christians will spend forever in a peaceful, joyous place called heaven, while the rest of humanity spends forever in torment and punishment in hell with no chance for anything better. It’s been clearly communicated to many that this belief is a central truth of the Christian faith and to reject it is, in essence, to reject Jesus. This is misguided and toxic and ultimately subverts the contagious spread of Jesus’s message of love, […]

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 […]

Jesus could tell one helluva knock-knock joke.

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I borrowed this from a co-worker almost two years ago, and it took me three attempts to get through it. I think that is less a product of this book’s merit, and a more a result of the reading interests I’ve had since it was placed in my hands. I always had something else that interested me, so this kept moving further and further down my list. Zealot is, I think, pretty clearly the most controversial book I’ve read for CBR. Shortly after publication, I […]

The Manger’s Just the Middle of the Story

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The Short Version: A book about Christmas, read just after Christmas, academically meaty by “gift book” standards—hurrah! I started reading this the last week in December because 1) it was a gift from my parents, 2) the Christmas tree and all the holiday decorations were still up, and 3) I wanted to read a book about Christmas to stretch the season a little further (and also so it wouldn’t go on the shelf and never be read, because it is hard to make time for […]



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