fu wants to read Politicizing the Bible by Scott Hahn
Resisting the typical, dry methods of contemporary scholarship, this powerful examination revisits the biblical days …
LibraryThing recommendation
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My primary account is @fu@millefeuilles.cloud for now I'm keeping this open just to serve as my "library book queue" of books I want to read, but all my actual content is on the other. I probably should importat this to there, we'll see when that happens, I'm fearful I'll screw something up and get incorrect data in my real profile
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fu wants to read Blessed Carlo Acutis by Courtney Mares
How does a city boy who only lived to the age of fifteen "go viral" …
LibraryThing secret sauce recommendation
fu wants to read The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything by James Martin
A practical, spiritual guidebook based on the life and teachings of St. Ignatius of Loyola …
Adding to my library book queue after reading review by @4thace@books.theunseen.city
fu wants to read Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger by Ronald J. Sider
Do you want to make a true difference in the world? Dr. Ron Sider does. …
Recommended reading for January by Common Prayer: A liturgy for Ordinary Radicals
fu wants to read Productive Christians in an age of guilt-manipulators by David Chilton
Productive Christians in an Age of Guilt Manipulators was first published in 1981 and went …
Well if I am going to read the OG I probably should read the response too.
fu wants to read Soccer in American Culture by G. Edward White (Sports and American Culture)
An explanation of why the sport of soccer failed to take root in the United …
adding to the queue based on a recommendation from @votesaliba.com
fu wants to read One Blood by Rick Warren
Dr. John M. Perkins is a leading civil rights activist today. He grew up in …
based on recommendation by @spaceraser@alpha.polymaths.social
God Uses Cracked Pots--Readers everywhere will adore this side-splitting, heart-warming collection of anecdotal gems. Patsy …
I always use the "normal is just a setting on your dryer" line so I suppose I should read where it came from.
fu wants to read Now You See Us by Balli Kaur Jaswal
The wealthy island nation of Singapore seems like an oasis of luxury and order, but …
I loved "Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows"
fu wants to read Playing with Reality by Kelly Clancy
We play games to learn about the world, to understand our minds and the minds …
adding to the queue at recommendation of @nsarwark@universeodon.com
fu reviewed Experiencing God by Eberhard Arnold
What happens when we let the living God into our practical lives? Everyone is looking …
Confusing, poorly translated?
2 stars
I received this book as part of the LibraryThing early review program.
I find most modern Christian books incredibly lacking in substance and a lot of feel-good fluff. However, I was very excited to get it, the subject sounded fantastic, and although it is a new 2020 release the original work was written over 100 years ago.
However, I was disappointed. This very short book took me months to get through. I was written in a very odd style. To the point that I think it may have been originally written in some sort of poetic verse when authored in German that didn't translate well to English.
fu reviewed The Perfect Father by Shaun Grindell
In the early morning hours of August 13th, 2018, Shanann Watts was dropped off at …
Long and Boring
1 star
I received this MP3-CD as part of Library Thing's early review program. I love MP3-CD it's a format that's not around much. However, that was the only good thing I could say about it. It's long and boring. Reads like a set of police reports.
fu reviewed Stress-Free Math by Theresa Fitzgerald
Quick reference guide includes illustrated explanations of the most common terms used in general math …
Good for what it is
4 stars
I received this book as part of LibraryThing's early review project.
We are a home school family so having books like this available is always a big plus to us. That being said my oldest is currently in 2nd grade so it will be a time before we use this reference regularly.
It says its visual guide to acing math in grade 4-9 but there are some topics in here that I never touched until 10th grade geometry, so your miles may vary.
From the description I had hoped we would be able to use this as a curricular from middles school math, but alas its more of a reference book than a curriculum. But for what it is, it's well put together, though quite heavy.
fu reviewed They Are Already Here by Sarah Scoles
An anthropological look at the UFO community, told through first-person experiences with researchers in their …
EX-Mormon Take on UFOology?
3 stars
received this audiobook as Part of LibraryThing's Early review program.
I spent most of the book trying to figure out what the the author's deal was. Now that I've completed it, I'm still not completely sure. She's a Mormon turned atheist, and she seems to spend much of the book arguing that UFOlogoy is a modern day religion.
The book is more about the people who "study" UFOs than the UFOs themselves.
She doesn't really explain the "Why we See Saucers" mentioned in the subtitle of the book other than a flimsy argument that we see them because we want to see them.
I will say the version of an "official" story about the Roswell incident that she recount's here is the first one I have heard that holds any water.
As far as its quality as an audiobook: I was pleasantly pleased that they are still making CD versions …
received this audiobook as Part of LibraryThing's Early review program.
I spent most of the book trying to figure out what the the author's deal was. Now that I've completed it, I'm still not completely sure. She's a Mormon turned atheist, and she seems to spend much of the book arguing that UFOlogoy is a modern day religion.
The book is more about the people who "study" UFOs than the UFOs themselves.
She doesn't really explain the "Why we See Saucers" mentioned in the subtitle of the book other than a flimsy argument that we see them because we want to see them.
I will say the version of an "official" story about the Roswell incident that she recount's here is the first one I have heard that holds any water.
As far as its quality as an audiobook: I was pleasantly pleased that they are still making CD versions in 2020. In fact when I finally received it I hadn't even realized it was going to be an audiobook, and I love audiobooks on CD. The reader was OK. Her voice wasn't annoying or anything, but personally I always prefer audiobooks that are read by the author.
fu wants to read Rumbles by Francesca Barrie
The stomach is notoriously outspoken. It growls, gurgles, and grumbles while other organs remain silent, …
As mentioned in Atlas Obscura's Gaston Obscura