Book Reviews and Notes (by Author's Last Name)

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Children's Picture Books
"Read Every Book" goal page

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Author Last Name "A"

• Abbott, Tony
• Firegirl (Book Review)
• Acuff, Jonathan
• Stuff Christians Like (Book Review)
• Adams, Douglas
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Book Review)
• Quoting Hitchhiker's Guide (Book Quotes)
• Alexander, Caroline
• The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (Book Review)
• Andrews, Julie
• Home: A Memoir (Book Review)
• Arnold, Nick and Tony De Saulles
• The Stunning Science of Everything (Book Review)

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Author Last Name "B"

• Backus, William
• What Your Counselor Never Told You (Book Review)
• Bayou, Bradley
• The Science of Sexy (Book Review)
• Beck, Glen
• The Real America (Book Review)
• Bell, James Stuart and others
• Inside "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Book Review)
• Blackston, Ray
• Lost in Rooville (Book Review)
• Bombeck, Erma
• Forever, Erma (Book Review)
• Bostwick, Marie
• A Single Thread (Book Review)
• Boyd, Greg
• The Myth of a Christian Nation (Book Review)
• Boyne, John
• The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Book Review)
• Buettner, Dan
• The Blue Zone (Book Review)

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Author Last Name "C"

• Cabot, Meg
• Perfect Princess (Book Review)
• Princess Present (Book Review)
• Cain, Chelsea
• Confessions of a Teen Sleuth (Book Review)
• Caner, Ergun Mehmet and Emir Fethi
• Unveiling Islam (Book Review)
• Allah and Eternal Security (Notes on Chapter 1)
• Prophet of Peace (Notes on Chapter 2)
• A Short History of Islam (Notes on Chapter 3)
• Islamic Holy Books (Notes on Chapters 4 & 5)
• Allah's Nature (Notes on Chapter 6)
• Relearning the 5 Pillars (Notes on Chapter 7)
• Women under Islam (Notes on Chapter 8)
• Righteousness in the Balance (Notes on Chapter 9)
• Holidays: Celebrating God or man? (Notes on Chapter 10)
• Muslim Sects (Notes on Chapter 11)
• Religious Freedom under Islam (Notes on Chapter 12)
• Jihad: Holy or Hellish War? (Notes on Chapter 13)
• Christianity through their eyes (Notes on Chapter 14)
• Islam's Jesus (Notes on Chapter 15)
• Evangelizing the Muslim (Notes on Chapter 16)
• An Addendum on Unveiling Islam
• Carson, Megan
• A Year of Blind Dates (Book Review)
• Chaikin, Linda
• Daughter of Silk (Book Review)
• Chan, Francis
• Forgotten God (Book Review)
• A Balanced Life: More of Him, Less of Me (Notes on the Introduction)
• The Undeniable Activity of the Holy Spirit (Notes on Chapter 1)
• The Holy Spirit Terrifies Me (Notes on Chapter 2)
• Our Incomplete Theology (Notes on Chapter 3)
• Fear of Wrong Motives (Notes on Chapter 4)
• Intimate Stillness (Notes on Chapter 5)
• Walk in the Spirit (Notes on Chapter 6)
• Forced into Church (Notes on Chapter 7)
• Chittister, Joan
• The Liturgical Year (Book Review)
• Cilley, Marla
• Sink Reflections (Book Review)
• Cole, Sylvia and Abraham H. Lass
• Dictionary of Cultural and Historical Allusions (Book Review)
• Connor, Pat (Father)
• Whom Not to Marry (Book Review)
• Cook, Claire
• Multiple Choice (Book Review)
• Coulter, Ann
• High Crimes and Misdemeanors (Book Review)
• How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) (Book Review)

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Author Last Name "D"

• Davidson, Mary Janice
• Royal Treatment (Book Review)
• De Saulles, Tony and Nick Arnold
• The Stunning Science of Everything (Book Review)
• DeYoung, Kevin and Ted Kluck
• Why We Love the Church
• Your Kingdom Come (Notes on Chapter 1)
• Self-Aware Revolutionaries or God-Aware Conventionalists? (Notes on Chapter 2)
• The Church in the Popularity Polls
• Traditional or Restorationist? (Notes on Chapter 5)
• How church oughta be (Notes on Chapter 5)
• New Testament Traditions (Notes on Chapter 5)
• Dogmatic or Emergent? (Notes on Chapter 6)
• Redefining Church (Notes on Chapter 7)
• Domar, Alice
• Live a Little (Book Review)
• Driscoll, Mark
• Religion Saves (Book Review)
• Dobson, Lorna
• More Than the Pastor's Wife (Book Review)

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Author Last Name "E"

• Edell, Dean
• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Healthiness (Book Review)
• Ehrenreich, Barbara
• Bright-Sided (Book Review)

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Author Last Name "F"

• Flatow, Ira
• They All Laughed... (Book Review)
• Frank, Lucy
• The Homeschool Liberation League (Book Review)
• Frederick, Heather Vogel
• Much Ado about Anne (Book Review)
• Friesner, Esther
• Nobody's Princess (Book Review)
• Funke, Cornelia
• The Thief Lord (Book Review)

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Author Last Name "G"

• Gaffin, Richard B. (contributor)
• Are the Miraculous Gifts for Today? (Book Review)
• Gaiman, Neil
• Stardust (Book Review)
• Garcia, Nina
• Nina Garcia's Look Book (Book Review)
• Garcia, Oz
• The Healthy High Tech Body (Book Rant)
• Garza, Jesse
• Nothing to Wear? (Book Review)
• Gawande, Atul
• The Checklist Manifesto (Book Review)
• George, Jessica Day
• Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow (Book Review)
• Gist, Deeanne
• Maid to Match (Book Review)
• Goldman, William
• The Princess Bride (Book Review)
• Gottlieb, Lori
• Marry Him (Book Review)
• A Dose of Cold, Hard Reality (Quotes and Notes)
• Greenberg, Gary
• Manufacturing Depression (Book Review)
• Greenwood-Robinson, Maggie
• The Biggest Loser (Book Review)
• Grudem, Wayne (editor)
• Are the Miraculous Gifts for Today? (Book Review)
• Guiliano, Mireille
• French Women Don't Get Fat (Book Review)

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Author Last Name "H"

• Hague, Michael
• Family Christmas Treasury (Book Review)
• Hake, Cathy Marie
• Fancy Pants (Book Review)
• Harris, Sam
• Letter to a Christian Nation (Book Review)
• Hemingway, Ernest
• The Garden of Eden (Book Review)
• Heyer, Georgette
• Barren Corn (Book Review)
• Powder and Patch (Book Review)
• The Quiet Gentleman (Book Review)
• Hill, Grace Livingston
• Amorelle (Book Review)
• The Street of the City (Book Review)

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Author Last Name "I"

• Isenberg, Nancy
• Fallen Founder (Book Review)

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Author Last Name "J"

• Jacobs, Alan
• The Narnian (Book Review)
• James, Kay Coles
• What I Wish I'd Known before I Got Married (Book Review)
• Johnson, Julie, editor
• The Best Apron Book Ever (Book Review)
• Johnson, Maureen
• 13 Little Blue Envelopes (Book Review)

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Author Last Name "K"

• Karp, David A.
• Is it me or my meds? (Book Review)
• Kazanjian, Dodie
• Dodie Goes Shopping (Book Review)
• Keller, Timothy
• Prodigal God (Book Review)
• Kingsbury, Karen
• Gideon's Gift (Book Review)
• Klassen, Julie
• The Silent Governess (Book Review)
• Kluck, Ted and Kevin DeYoung
• Why We Love the Church
• Your Kingdom Come (Notes on Chapter 1)
• Self-Aware Revolutionaries or God-Aware Conventionalists? (Notes on Chapter 2)
• The Church in the Popularity Polls
• Traditional or Restorationist? (Notes on Chapter 5)
• How church oughta be (Notes on Chapter 5)
• New Testament Traditions (Notes on Chapter 5)
• Dogmatic or Emergent? (Notes on Chapter 6)
• Redefining Church (Notes on Chapter 7)

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Author Last Name "L"

• Laskin, David
• The Children's Blizzard (Book Review)
• Lee, Harper
• To Kill a Mockingbird (Book Review)
• Levin, Diane E and Jean Kilbourne
• So Sexy, So Soon (Book Review)
• Levine, Gail Carson
• Dave at Night (Book Review)
• The Two Princesses of Bamarre (Book Review)
• Lewis, C.S.
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
• Evaluating Trustworthiness in Narnia (Notes)
• Unsatisfactory Satisfaction, Part 1 (Notes)
• Unsatisfactory Satisfaction, Part 2 (Notes)
• The Magician's Nephew
• The Point of The Magician's Nephew (Notes)
• Case Studies in Greatness: Uncle Andrew (Notes)
• Case Studies in Greatness: Jadis (Notes)
• Case Studies in Greatness: Aslan (Notes)
• Digory Meets Greatness (Notes)
• Mere Christianity (Book Review)
• Miracles (Book Review)
• Lloyd, John and John Mitchinson
• The Book of General Ignorance (Book Review)
• Lloyd-Jones, Sally
• The Jesus Storybook Bible (Book Review)
• Loux, Renee
• Easy Green Living (Book Review)
• Love, Susan
• Live a Little (Book Review)
• Lowry, Lois
• The Willoughbys (Book Review)
• Lupo, Joe
• Nothing to Wear? (Book Review)

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Author Last Name "M"

• Makin, Nancy
• 703: How I lost more than a quarter ton and gained a life (Book Review)
• McGovern, Cammie
• Eye Contact (Book Review)
• McMurtry, Larry
• Books: a memoir (Book Review)
• Meacham, Jon
• American Gospel (Book Review)
• A "Christian" Nation? (Quotes from Introduction)
• Church and State (Quotes and Notes)
• Medved, Michael
• Ten Big Lies About America (Book Review)
• Miller, Larry
• Spoiled Rotten America (Book Review)
• Moore, Beth
• Get Out of That Pit! (Book Review)
• Morris, Dick
• Fleeced (Book Review)
• Moser, Nancy
• John 3:16 (Book Review)
• Mozart's Sister (Book Review)
• The Quest (Book Review)
• Murdock, Catherine Gilbert
• Dairy Queen (Book Review)

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Author Last Name "N"

• Niffenegger, Audrey
• The Time Traveler's Wife (Book Review)

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Author Last Name "O"

• Oke, Janette
• Once Upon a Summer (Book Review)
• Roses for Mama (Book Review)
• When Tomorrow Comes (Book Review)
• Oliwenstein, Lori and Robert Winston
• Superhuman (Book Review)
• Orwell, George
• Animal Farm (Book Review)
• Oss, Douglas A. (contributor)
• Are the Miraculous Gifts for Today? (Book Review)
• Osteen, Joel
• Become a Better You (Book Rant)
• Otto, Whitney
• A Collection of Beauties at the Height of Their Popularity (Book Review)

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Author Last Name "P"

• Palmer, Catherine
• The Courteous Cad (Book Review)
• Pattillo, Beth
• Heavens to Betsy (Book Review)
• The Sweetgum Knit Lit Society (Book Review)
• Pearson, Mary E.
• The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Book Review)
• Phillips, Michael
• The Eleventh Hour (Book Review)
• Picoult, Jodi
• My Sister's Keeper (Book Review)
• Podhoretz, John
• Bush Country (Book Review)
• Pyykkonen, Carrie and others
• Inside "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Book Review)

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Author Last Name "Q"

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Author Last Name "R"

• Rivers, Francine
• Sons of Encouragement Series (Book Review)
• Rodgers, Beverly and Tom
• How to Find Mr. or Ms. Right (Book Review)
• Rosofsky, Ira
• Nasty, Brutish, and Long (Book Review)

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Author Last Name "S"

• Salwen, Kevin and Hannah
• The Power of Half (Book Review)
• Samuels, Dorothy
• Filthy Rich (Book Review)
• Saucy, Robert L. (contributor)
• Are the Miraculous Gifts for Today? (Book Review)
• Shrader, Veronica
• Pretty Little Potholder (Book Review)
• Shulman, Polly
• Enthusiasm (Book Review)
• Sinclair, Upton
• The Jungle (Book Review)
• I finally read it! (Book Notes)
• Sittenfeld, Curtis
• Prep (Book Review)
• Smith, Charlotte
• Dreaming of Dior (Book Review)
• Smith, Gordon T (editor)
• The Lord's Supper: Five Views (Book Review)
• Snyder, Maria V.
• Poison Study (Book Review)
• Soule, Amanda Blake
• Handmade Home (Book Review)
• Stewart, Trenton Lee
• The Mysterious Benedict Society (Book Review)
• The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (Book Review)
• The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma (Book Review)
• Stone,Larry
• The Story of the Bible (Book Review)
• Storms, Sam
• Are the Miraculous Gifts for Today? (Book Review)
• Convergence: Spiritual Journeys of a Charismatic Calvinist (Book Review)
• Stott, John R.W.
• The Cross of Christ (Book Review)
• Under the Shadow of the Cross (Notes on Chapter 1)
• Who Killed Jesus? (Notes on Chapter 2)
• Why Did Christ Die? (Notes on Chapter 3)
• Righteousness and Peace Have Kissed (Notes on Chapter 4)
• Unsatisfactory Satisfaction, Part 1 (Notes on Chapter 5)
• Unsatisfactory Satisfaction, Part 2 (Notes on Chapter 5)
• Unsatisfactory Satisfaction, Part 3 (Notes on Chapter 5)
• A Substitute Sacrifice (Notes on Chapter 6)
• Salvation: A Temple View (Notes on Chapter 7)
• Salvation: A Marketplace View (Notes on Chapter 7)
• Salvation: A Courtroom View (Notes on Chapter7)
• God Revealed in the Cross (Notes on Chapter 8)
• Taking on the Devil (Notes on Chapter 9)
• Community of the Cross (Notes on Chapter 10)
• Self in Light of the Cross (Notes on Chapter 11)
• Does the Cross Promote Pacifism? (Notes on Chapter 12)
• I Could Never Myself Believe in God (Notes on Chapter 13)
• Swenson, Kristin
• Bible Babel (Book Review)
• Swindoll, Luci
• I Married Adventure (Book Review)

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Author Last Name "T"

• Teitell, Beth
• From Here to Maternity (Book Review)
• Tierney, John
• The Best Case Scenario Handbook (Book Review)
• Thoene, Brock and Thoene, Bodie
• First Light (Book Review)
• Tolkien, J.R.R.
• The Fellowship of the Ring
• On Celebrating Bilbo's Birthday (Notes on Chapter 1)
• Invitation to an Epic (Notes on Chapter 2)
• A Dangerous Business (Notes on Chapter 3)
• Advice from the Wise (Notes on Chapter 3)
• The Terror of Past Transgressions (Notes on Chapter 4)
• Tolstoy, Leo
• Resurrection (Book Review)

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Author Last Name "U"

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Author Last Name "V"

• Van Ryn, Don & Susie and Newell, Colleen, & Whitney Cerak with Mark Tabb
• Mistaken Identity (Book Review)

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Author Last Name "W"

• Wade, Mary Dodson
• C.S. Lewis: Chronicler of Narnia (Book Review)
• Waldman, Steve
• Founding Faith (Book Review)
• Walls, Jeannette
• The Glass Castle (Book Review)
• Ward, Keith
• Christianity: A Short Introduction (Book Review)
• Warner, Gertrude Chandler
• The Haunted Cabin Mystery (Book Review)
• Washington, Linda and others
• Inside "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Book Review)
• Watters, Candice
• Get Married (Book Review)
• Whitehouse, Howard
• The Strictest School in the World (Book Review)
• Wickham, Madeleine
• The Gatecrasher (Book Review)
• Winston, Robert and Lori Oliwenstein
• Superhuman (Book Review)
• Worsley, F.A.
• Endurance: An Epic of Polar Adventure (Book Review)

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Author Last Name "X"

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Author Last Name "Y"

• York, Byron
• The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy (Book Review)

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Author Last Name "Z"

• Zernike, Kate
• Boiling Mad (Book Review)
• Zephaniah, Benjamin
• Refugee Boy (Book Review)
• Zusak, Markus
• The Book Thief (Book Review)

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