reviews

  Catholicism v Protestantism Author: Bruce Sullivan  This book originally came to me, courtesy of my mom, when I moved and started looking for a new church. My Christian history has been a spotted one, starting as growing up fundamentalist Protestant, abandoning that when I found out that the gentleness and love my mom had homeschooled me with was completely absent in a fundamentalist college (I was, after all, branded pretty harshly for wearing lipstick and listening to metal), and I have since been jumping around like a pinball, looking for the sweet spot I’m quite sure doesn’t exist. Running away from [...]

The Fucks You Give . . . Author: Mark Manson I came to The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck for Lent, having decided to give up worrying in particular and stress in general. Of course, that ended up being poorly timed, thank you COVID-19. Manson’s book has been sitting in my Audible queue for years. Armed with some extra credits, the blunt title got my attention and I downloaded it for fun. Now I returned to it with a real cause. Could this sweary, street smart author help me realize how ridiculous worrying about absolutely everything really is? [...]

Murder Mysteries, Jazz, and Politics Author: Cleo Coyle In Dead to the Last Drop, the fifteenth adventure of this ruthlessly adrenaline-charged cozy series, Claire and her on-assignment boyfriend have left the Big Apple for a new adventure in the nation’s capital. It’s been several books in the making as Claire kisses routine and her beloved, bustling city goodbye and puts it all on the line for love. Now in DC, Claire is in an entirely different climate that has just as many dangerous subtexts and big players with loose morals and killing power. As she struggles with the new Village Blend [...]