Book Review

It's 1:13, almost time to head out. You never really know when you are going to leave I usually wait for Jordan to text us to head out. The X-COM team is currently hovering over a UFO in Russia, ready to disembark and embark some pain! It takes a while to write, because I can only write when I feel like it, otherwise it will be crap and I will erase it because it sucks. So yeah, you will have to wait. I didn't want to start the mission until I had caught the story up to that point. But we do have the first addition of Facebook friends joining the squad! What could be better news?

Things have been decent here, we are working in Jacksonville now. A good 45 minute drive away. And the grand ole gas prices have gone back up to $3.55 a gallon, $.20 more than they were just a couple weeks ago. What a pain.

Regardless, sitting in the car you have a good amount of time to read books, and thinking about those books I decided to write a few reviews of the books I've been able to read thus far. The non-churchy ones, well, ones you'd find at the bookstore at least.

First, we've got 'Angels and Deamons.' The precursor but unconnected to DaVinci Code. It was a good book, I pounded it one day waiting under a tree for a job for 7 hours. It has a good amount of action and suspense, mystery combined with history and random bits of trivia inter spaced throughout. I think my writing style in the blog mirrors that style of writing the most, with the third person type of view, and the flashbacks of the characters spaced throughout. The book takes you on a good adventure and does a good job of letting you see the conflict from each point, the good guys and the bad guys then throwing in a final twist at the end. Good style of writing, it pulls you in. Personally I give it 4 out of five points.

Second we have a great book, 'The Shack.' I really really liked this book. The basic premise is a man loses his daughter to a kidnapping murderer. Years later he receives a letter from God asking him to come back to the shack, the place where the murder took place. The book explores the great questions people ask about God, relating to firstly, how can God allow such horrible things to happen, also the questions of justice and mercy, how God feels towards us and things along those lines. I definitely recommend it. I couldn't stop reading it, and I was really touched by it several times. Even though the theology is different, the principles are the same. It certainly is a thought provoking book with some great insights. I give it 5 out of five.

And now it is time to go. I will have to finish it tomorrow...