Bookpile: December 2009

The Assassin’s Touch – Yes, I should have been reading something set in ancient Rome since we were heading to Italy, but instead, I was back in 1695 Japan with Sano Ichiro. After the country almost came to civil war in the last book, Sano finds himself promoted to the…

Bookpile: November 2009

The Name of this Book is Secret – Big fat kids book that was fairly entertaining despite borrowing heavily from Lemony Snicket (with the whole, I shouldn’t tell you this, stop reading because it’s dangerous, tone to it right down to the fake author name. Sigh.) Kevin and I read…

Bookpile: October 2009

How to Train Your Dragon and How to Be a Pirate – First two books about the heroic misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, a viking in training of the Hooligan tribe. Picked them up because there’s an animated movie coming out next year and I wanted to catch the…

Bookpile: September 2009

Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? by Phillip Yancey – This one has been a long time in the finishing. yet another thought-provoking work from Yancey, whom I greatly appreciate because he comes from the same background as me (fundamentalist, reporter). I started reading it almost a year ago and…

Bookpile: August 2009

Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom, California Demon, Demons are Forever, DeJa Demon – Whipped through the four available books in the series and now waiting eagerly for the next one in the series to come out in October. Think Buffy the Vampire Slayer all grown up and…

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