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Meaning in the Muddle

Run with the Horses: The Quest for Life at its Best by Eugene H. Peterson

December 17, 2020 by Halbs 1 Comment

“Faith invades the muddle; it does not eliminate it…clarities come from adventuring deep into the mysteries of God’s will and love, not by cautiously managing and moralizing.” This is a lembas-bread-book for a couple of reasons. It’s dense and nourishing, which means it’s good. However, it’s dense and nourishing, which means it’s best absorbed in small bites. That’s mostly why it took me so long to finish this relatively short book. The other reason is the subject – this book is Eugene Peterson’s reflection on […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction, Religion Tagged With: Christianity, Eugene H. Peterson, Jeremiah, Old Testament

Halbs's CBR12 Review No:37 · Genres: Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: Christianity, Eugene H. Peterson, Jeremiah, Old Testament ·
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A Pattykates Christmas

Luke 2:1-20 by God Almighty

December 12, 2020 by katie71483 4 Comments

Katie: Happy Holidays, dear readers! Today I’m coming to you solo with a special edition of our Bible Series: The Nativity Story. That’s right, today we’re going to be talking about Luke 2:1-20. Luke 2:1-3: In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register. Luke 2:4-7: So Joseph also went […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fanfiction, Fiction, Religion Tagged With: God Almighty, katie71483, Luke 2:1-20, Nativity Story, PattyKates, PattyKates Reads The Bible, The Bible

katie71483's CBR12 Review No:7 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fanfiction, Fiction, Religion · Tags: God Almighty, katie71483, Luke 2:1-20, Nativity Story, PattyKates, PattyKates Reads The Bible, The Bible ·
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The Alphabet is not just for learning to read

R Is for Rebel by J. Anderson Coats

December 1, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

After misplacing my copy of R Is for Rebel by J. Anderson Coats, I found it again a few days ago. The nice thing is that even though I had read a good chunk of it, I remembered enough as the book is pretty easy to remember, and therefore I was able to start where I left off without too much trouble. However, since there are several characters and a few overlapping stories, I do not recommend reading it that way. This middle grade read […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Religion, Young Adult Tagged With: Action & Adventure, J. Anderson Coats, Politics & Government

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:379 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: Action & Adventure, J. Anderson Coats, Politics & Government ·
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Two sisters, one folklore and a sea monster

The Daughters of Ys by M.T. Anderson

November 27, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I love M.T. Anderson and First Second books. However, there was something “off” about this graphic novel by Anderson, The Daughters of Ys. I am not sure if it was because I had such high hopes, or if the story was not organized, or that it was a folktale that I was unfamiliar with, but there were holes in it for me. I do like the idea of this folktale. The start of the tale is a flashback. There is a king who almost did […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Religion, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Fairy Tales, folklore, Jo Rioux, Legends & Mythology, M.T. Anderson

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:375 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Religion, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Fairy Tales, folklore, Jo Rioux, Legends & Mythology, M.T. Anderson ·
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Red like the Blood that is all over the place

The Handmaid’s Tale: Graphic Novel by Renee Nault

November 25, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I admit, while I knew a smidgen of theme of The Handmaid’s Tale, I really did not know the “whole story.” The other thing was, I had (and still have) no interest in reading the over 300-page novel. And I really have no interest in watching the show based on it. Therefore, I figured I would just know about this modern classic and that was that. It was not until I saw that there was a graphic novel version that I figured, “Why not?” I […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Religion, Science Fiction Tagged With: literary, Margaret Atwood, Renee Nault, social issues, women

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:368 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Religion, Science Fiction · Tags: literary, Margaret Atwood, Renee Nault, social issues, women ·
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“God knows we are not perfect and simply invites us to try again.”

The Catholic Hipster Handbook: Rediscovering Cool Saints, Forgotten Prayers, and Other Weird but Sacred Stuff by Tommy Tighe

November 5, 2020 by Halbs Leave a Comment

Goodreads’ recommendations usually leave me scratching my head. It seems to make irrelevant connections, like Oh, you’ve liked a book with a red cover before – try this! But, I was intrigued by the Goodreads algorithm putting The Catholic Hipster Handbook in front of me. I’m not Catholic, but I did go to Catholic school for a bit. I don’t label myself as a hipster, but that’s only because I’m too busy with my vinyl collection and third-wave coffee and pipes to worry about labels. […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction, Religion Tagged With: Catholic, Catholicism, Christianity, Tommy Tighe

Halbs's CBR12 Review No:34 · Genres: Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: Catholic, Catholicism, Christianity, Tommy Tighe ·
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