reviews

An Inaccessible Old Testament Commentary Author: Joseph Blenkinsopp Working at a place where I can now check-out books for free – a place also filled with every kind of extra-curricular activity and club you can imagine – I decided to pursue my long-time desire to improve my Biblical knowledge, especially of the Old Testament.  When I found a lunch-time Bible study that met at work, I saw this as the perfect opportunity. They had just finished reading Ezra and were a few chapters into Nehemiah, so I decided to start my after-hours study there. I randomly picked a commentary, Blenkinsopp’s not [...]

When Our Heros Let Us Down Author: Diana Gabaldon Back in the world of Outlander after resting up from the previous 800 page plus epic, I dove into the sultry world of time travel and hot highlander love only to encounter a series that is producing diminishing returns. Weighing in at over 1,000 pages, each adventure into Claire Fraser (nee’ Randall’s) world is becoming slower and more bogged into the melodramatic emotions of two easily thwarted parties. Meanwhile, history is taking a back seat as Prince Charlie and cohorts have been swiftly dealt with and outlaw status transitions to daily criminal grind. [...]

Angela and Jason: can this marriage be saved? Author: Alafair Burke Alafair Burke’s assured new book, The Wife, is billed as a novel of psychological suspense. Indeed: it’s one of those twisty, unsettling stories that takes your hand, tugs you along, and doesn’t release its grip until you look around and realize you have no idea where you are. The Wife unpacks the six-year marriage between Angela and Jason Powell. Angela is a former caterer with a disquieting past. Jason is a charming economics professor renowned for his books and media appearances (think Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner of “Freakonomics” [...]