Tag Archives: Religion
Life is a Test: Real Beliefs by Ryan Bey – Ryan Bey
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Life is a Test reads like a self-help book written with the intent on providing an insightful look towards living and existence. It is apparent that the author is determined to have an impact on the … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophical reads, Spiritual/mystical
Tagged Christianity, Islam, philosophy, Religion
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24: What Can Happen in a Day – Michael Ford Jr
(Reviewed by Heidi A. Swan) “I exit the vehicle and move swiftly to the point of the accident to find something I have never seen in my five years in the [fire] department. There is the man…still smashed between the … Continue reading
Posted in Bios and Memoirs, Non-fiction
Tagged autobiography, firefighters, Religion
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An Important UnderratedRead Revisited: The Least Among Us: Waging the Battle for the Vulnerable – Rosa DeLauro
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Morally speaking, the social safety net acknowledges that we are accountable to one another. It originated from our recognition that the vulnerable and the poor are not alien populations; they are us, in certain times and … Continue reading
Posted in Revisited
Tagged ACA, American politics, congress, NAFTA, Obamacare, poverty, Religion, women's rights
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Fire Sermon – Jamie Quatro
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “…I only know arousal within love—because I’ve never separated emotion from body—is my pattern to create a pretend love first, over and over, in order to feel desire, and desirable?” “I admit that unless something is … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction, Romance
Tagged book reviews, Christian, fiction, infidelity, Religion, Romance
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Killjoy – LeVar Ravel
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Gwen felt as if her familiar world had vanished. What was she doing in the middle of this wilderness? Was she safe in these shadows? Had Charles been right to trust this violent man with her … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
Tagged assassin, book review, fiction, hypocrisy, novella, Religion, suspense, thriller
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The Least Among Us: Waging the Battle for the Vulnerable – Rosa DeLauro
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Morally speaking, the social safety net acknowledges that we are accountable to one another. It originated from our recognition that the vulnerable and the poor are not alien populations; they are us, in certain times and … Continue reading
Posted in Bios and Memoirs, History, Our Best, Politics, Social Justice
Tagged ACA, congress, healthcare, NAFTA, Obamacare, poverty, Religion, women's rights
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The Fire in the Rock – Charles Norman
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) The fire in the rock is written about the time of Moses (Kisil) before he became the prophet. It is set at the time of the plagues on Egypt, the Ten Commandments and when Moses was … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction
Tagged Bible, book reviews. fiction, Moses, Religion
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The Bible in Spain: Or, The journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the peninsula. – George Henry Borrow
(Reviewed by arwen1968) In 1842, a nobody called George Borrow wrote a detailed, 550-pages-long account of his day job. Sounds boring? Well, it isn’t: Borrow’s day job was to sell bibles in war-torn, Catholic Spain. Anybody familiar with Catholicism knows … Continue reading
Posted in History, Lost and almost forgotten, Non-fiction
Tagged classics, history, Religion
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The Vices – Lawrence Douglas
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “It would be years before I would be prepared to accept his self-assessment [as a sick person], and even then, not fully. …he was handsome, wealthy, the youngest tenured professor at one of the nation’s … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction
Tagged family, lies, mystery, Religion
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