Monthly Archives: November, 2008
With No One As Witness
I first encountered Elizabeth George’s work through the videos of the Lynley series. My experience is that the movie version is never up to the quality of the book, so in this case I was quite hopeful as I turned to the books for the first time. I was not disappointed. Elizabeth George presents character [...]
CEV Review Video
The following is a video review of the CEV: For more details, see the MyBibleVersion.com detail page for the CEV.
NRSV Video Review
You can find editions of the NRSV listed on our MyBibleVersion.com page for the New Revised Standard Version. The following is a video review of the NRSV by Henry Neufeld, owner of Energion Publications.
Book: The Orthodox Study Bible
I just received a copy of this Bible from Thomas Nelson for review on my Participatory Bible Study Blog, but I can’t resist some preliminary notes after only a short time with it. I do expect to be using it in study over the next few months and reading it through, but since that will [...]
Book: The Miracle at Speedy Motors
I’m prepared to read just about anything Alexander McCall Smith writes. This whole series is charming–enchanting, even. The story this time centers a great deal around the office, with her secretary, or “Associate Detective” as she has become getting involved a great deal along with her fiance. I’m not one to tell much of the [...]
Book: Hounded to Death
I like Rita Mae Brown, and especially the mysteries that involve Sneaky Pie Brown. This was my first time reading from her series written around fox hunting. I guess I’m a cat person much more than a dog person, but I never really warmed up to the background in fox hunting. It just doesn’t resonate [...]
Movie: War, Inc.
I rarely bother to review something like this, but this one annoyed me so much that I wanted to write about it. If this had been a production for YouTube by a bunch of teenagers, it might be regarded as good. I don’t mean production quality. There were some decent effects for the combat. But [...]
Book: Cat in a Sapphire Slipper
I’m a sucker for light reading that involves cats and mystery, so how could I possibly not enjoy Carole Nelson Douglas’s Midnight Louie mysteries? This latest book finds Max Kinsella missing and Temple Barr getting engaged to Matt Devine, while the Fontana brothers are all kidnapped, and generally all hell is breaking loose all over. [...]
Note on Crossposted Reviews
I’m cross-posting several reviews and notes from my Jevlir Caravansary site where I will no longer be reviewing just to get things started. I will also occasionally cross-post from my other blogs where I occasionally review non-fiction. Normally, posts here will not be crossposted from elsewhere.
TV Series: Ballykissangel
This is another British (at least BBC, set in Ireland) show that I discovered recently and really enjoyed. It follows the adventures of a young priest from Manchester assigned to a parish in Ireland in the town of Ballykissangel. His supervisor is somewhat conservative and doesn’t always appreciate his approach to ministry, but the villagers [...]
