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The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown – A Book Review

Aug 29, 2008

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I’ve got to give it to Dan Brown, he’s discovered a formula that has taken America by storm. I think he happened across it with Angels and Demons. Take a gigantically important figure and make him/her the focus of the novel. Then, couple that with using as many facts as can be possibly found. Finally,…

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk – A Book Review

Aug 29, 2008

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Scott William Foley

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I don’t really know why I picked up the book Fight Club a few weeks ago. I pretty much knew the major shocker of the story through word of mouth (it’s been out since 1996, after all). I guess I just wanted to see what all the talk was about. Gratuitous violence doesn’t do a…

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis – A Book Review

Aug 29, 2008

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Scott William Foley

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Originally a series of talks given over the radio to the people of England during WWII, this collection of said dialogue explains in laymen’s terms what Christianity is and why C.S. Lewis, originally a non-believer, eventually came to Christ. It does not give his personal story, mind you, but rather is a mixture of philosophical…

When You’re Cool Like Me

Aug 21, 2008

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Scott William Foley

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Note: Originally Posted 7-14-06 When you’re cool like me, you’ve got this insatiable urge to write a review on every book you read. I don’t know if it’s because book reports were my strongest subject during my formative years or what, but I’ve just got to do it. It’s like Dracula and blood, Tommy Lee…

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The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown – A Book Review

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk – A Book Review

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis – A Book Review

When You’re Cool Like Me