Owen

Need to Go Ask My Grandparents A Few Questions...

Revisado: 09-06-16

Great book. Weird ending. Guess I'm going to go crank up the Springsteen and fight the man in my overalls now.
Why the hell didn't we read this in school? I can't just be reading this after 26 years!

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Oh, Fated Horror Story Protagonist...

Revisado: 09-06-16

This is one of my very favorite Lovecraft stories, because while it fiddles with some of his more common themes (dream realities, anthropomorphic beasties, the occult, etc.), it delves a little more darkly into details such as [SPOILER] infanticide and rats eating peoples' hearts out. The only thing I have to whine about here is the reader-- who gave a very satisfying performance by his abilities no doubt (and I'm sure he's a swell guy), but I just wish he had an American accent, given the writer of the story and the setting. Just because it's classic macabre doesn't mean it has to be in an English accent, right? Poe was from the Mason-Dixon line, and Lovecraft was a Yankee. Come on, represent mo-fo. 'Merica!

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Precede with Mere Christianity

Revisado: 07-29-16

This was, in my opinion, a very satisfactory supplement after reading Mere Christianity by the same author. I would however advise that readers follow my same order when reading the two, especially non-Christians, for the sake of helpful (although certainly not absolutely necessary) background. As always with Lewis however, the readership can be as diverse or secular as you please, and they still would no doubt appreciate this as a work of satisfyingly thorough philosophy if not also divine meditation on a very human level of humility.

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Welp, I Guess I'll Go Ponder Now

Revisado: 06-30-16

Being completely new to Tolstoy, I was blown away by this story, and was left feeling thoroughly understood by its writer-- and yet more misunderstanding of myself than ever before. I found it to be a fantastic supplement after recently finishing Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis; as I wrote when reviewing that title, I would recommend this book highly to my fellow followers of Christ, even more highly to those who do not follow Him, and most highly of all to those on the fence about the whole thing.

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An Essential for All Thought

Revisado: 06-10-16

Whether you consider yourself a Christian or you do not, this book is vital for all thinking persons who wish to grow in some way or another-- initially in thorough thought, primarily in thorough spirit. I would highly recommend this to any members of my church or Christian friends, would recommend it even more strongly to those who find themselves on the fence, and would recommend it desperately to those with absolutely no interest in the whole thing whatsoever.

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