Review: 25 Books That Shaped America

Our literature is new, innovative, boundary-pushing, revolutionary, fiercely independent, and (the good ones at least) full of a desire to learn, teach, and make us better. These authors sought to preserve what was to teach contemporaries and descendants alike, to forge new paths both in literature and in our beloved country. Foster's book is full of new insights and helpful instructions on reading books in their proper context. It's a book about books. And if you love books and love reading, and you still like to learn, this is the book for you.

Review: The Hammer of God

The Hammer of God is a book of history and allegory; of the walk of the baby Christian, the self-righteous, and the guilty, but ultimately leading to hope, peace, and faith.

Review: When Christmas Comes

I have recently come to enjoy the mystery genre, and since I already enjoyed Klavan's Another Kingdom series, I decided to read When Winter Comes as well. This book is neither like Another Kingdom nor Agatha Christie. Klavan is an intriguing writer; no two books (or series) of his I have read have been alike. And yet, I can see the …

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Review: The Saints of Whistle Grove

The Saint of Whistle Grove is a collection of stories glancing in on moments from different generations of this little settlement and how their lives, hopes, dreams, and failures shaped this church, even after death.

Review: The Truth and Beauty

A work of art speaks a truth we can’t speak outright: the truth of the human experience. Love, joy, grief, guilt, beauty—no words can communicate these. We can only represent them in stories and pictures and songs. Art is the way we speak the meaning of our lives. I am of the opinion that one …

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