I’ve started writing book reviews to force myself to interact more critically with books I read, as well as more easily recommend books to my friends and readers. Rather than writing negative reviews of bad books, I only write reviews of the good ones.
Fiction
Nonfiction
Memoir
This Gladdening Light: An Ecology of Fatherhood and Faith — A memoir about a man’s spiritual pilgrimage away from “industrial Christianity” and toward a sacred appreciation of the planet and his children. In some ways, a modern take on Transcendentalism.
The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Transform Your Life — An investigation into the scientific use of positive expectations to improve your life.