From the New Yorker:
I am not a fan of books. I would never want a book’s autograph. I am a proud non-reader of books. I like to get information from doing stuff like actually talking to people and living real life.
—Kanye West, promoting his book “Thank You and You’re Welcome.”
I think I’ll help him out and not buy his.
Nick’s got a discussion going on about vampire movies in which I am Legend comes up.
If you haven’t read the short story and you are a sci-fi fan, do. It’s great!
Nick mentioned an alternate ending to the movie that I didn’t know about. I saw the movie at the movies (ha, that doesn’t usually happen!), and then it kept coming on Cinemax, so I never rented it.
You can see the alternate ending here.
Here’s the 1964 version with Vincent Price:
Desiring God is the free audio download of the month from Christian Audio
edited: OK, I’m having trouble getting it to come up for $0.00. Last month, that’s what happened with the freebie. Just a head’s up.
This is something we as Christians should use to at least help us consider how much we give. I heard/read several things that make me think her experience is not based on Christian theology at all, but it still has some great application.
I quoted Janice Harayda in my last paper on librarians blogging, so I thought I should look up her blog!
Wide range of books reviewed. Take a look.
Thanks to Thomas Nelson for this charming book based off of Lucado’s Fearless which I reviewed not too long ago.
From Amazon:
Poor little Ollie! He is a have-not desperately wanting what the haves possess! Stilts. When he gets them, he finds out they aren’t all they appear. Lucado weaves this short tale in a catchy rhyme that I found myself enjoying greatly. Wonderful lesson for children (and even a parent or two!).
I’d planned to read 100 books this year. Looking at the list of books I’ve read, I don’t think I’m gonna make it . . .
this was an interesting find after the earlier post on e-readers. A library without books and it’s written on a blog combining tech and ed by a guy named Stephen Anderson. (NO not the one we talk about so often in KJVO heretical kind of circles!)
I had a recent discussion with a county tech person (not my county) who told me I was wasting my time in Library Science because Information Technology was the wave of the future. She thought I should change to technology. The thing is, tech people usually know how to find information, but it’s the information specialists that manage it and make it easier to find and use for the general public – or even a specified group. I know that much of what we have in the library now is so quickly obsolete, we have to go another path, but do we have to chunk all the books out with the technology?
I agree with this writer. Libraries need books.
From the huffington post about e-readers.
As the popularity of digital readers continues to expand, so does the debate around the best format for the devices. At Sony, we actively work with organizations that share our commitment to openness; we worked with Google to bring free books to our users and we recently teamed with self-publishing services to open a new door for independent authors. We’ve also partnered with libraries across the country through our Library Finder application, which provides digital visitors the same opportunity as physical visitors to browse and check out their local library’s full collection of eBooks.
To truly open the future of books and reading, consumers must be set free from proprietary devices and formats. I call other members of our industry to join us in this practice. We owe it to those who came before us to bring access to as many as possible. Open formats in the digital age embrace the traditions of the past and build a strong foundation for the future.
Great Comment here:
Let me recommend another device for reading: It is random-access, highly portable, requires only natural, easily available energy, and is simple to use. You don’t have to shut it down when the airline people tell you to turn off your electronic devices and put your tray table up.
These devices are already commercially available and can, in fact, be borrowed for free. They last for decades, even centuries, and no arbitrary changes are planned for the future. When using this device you don’t have to call for help to find the right command when the screen goes blank or freezes, or get a new equipment every few months because your electronic reader is now obsolete and your electronic books unusable on the new readers.
The device is, of course, the book and its close relatives, the magazine, the comic book, and the graphic novel. Someday, electronic books will undoubtedly replace the book, but so far none of them has all the advantages of the book. Right now, they are only androids, approximations of the real thing.
Peter Lopez over at Beauty of the Bible is having an NLT Mosaic giveaway for the next ten days for his stop on the blog tour. If you haven’t won one yet, go over and enter.
Dig around his site too. He’s got some great resources!
Excellent post this morning by Al Mohler. I don’t have time to write all the things I’d like to on this topic and make it to work on time, so I’ll leave it for now.
New Hope sent me books that I didn’t know were coming! Now that’s a nice surprise when you get home. I was even more surprised because I haven’t finished any of the reviews for the other books they’ve sent me. AND to top it off, I got two copies of each, so I can have a giveaway with the reviews!
The Family God Uses by Tom & Kim Blackaby
Set Apart a 6-week study of the beatitudes by Jennifer Kennedy Dean
Here is information about New Hope’s blogger review program.
Kevin Sam is doing this giveaway a little differently. Go visit the page and check it out! Good luck to you!
Thanks to Tyndale House (especially Christy Wong) for this review copy of the Holy Bible: Mosaic NLT.
First, this has a beautiful cover in hardback. The first section which is the Mosaic is on heavy cream colored paper and has full color artwork. The devotions/articles span the Christian year and are from various time periods from ancient church to modern. Devotions are organized in weekly segments and contain Scripture, Historical and Global Contributions, Meditations, and a place to write. AND there is artwork. Some of it is gorgeous. They’ve also included some poetry in the readings – along with some wonderful narratives and quotes building upon the Christian year.
I wish the Scripture font was just a tad bigger. I have to pull my glasses out to read it. That’s not a given on all materials yet. AND I was just a little disappointed that the text for the Bible itself was in two column with references down the middle. I was hoping it would be like the Chronological Bible and span the width of the page. I really like that layout.
You are sure to enjoy the readings that are organized in the front half of the Bible.
My thoughts on the NLT submitted to The Church of Jesus Christ for the blog tour kick off:
Why do I like the NLT? It’s readable without the hiccups of more literal translations. It feels like a story unfolding before you. Not being a Hebrew or Greek scholar, I can’t tell you how words and phrases line up across the pages. I can’t tell you how accurate every jot and tittle is. What I can tell you is that the plain text has made me do a double take many times. “I didn’t remember that!” or “that seems different somehow” leads me back to other versions like the NASB for comparison. Wording may be different, but intent has always been the same. AND I think the reason some verses stand out more is because they are written plainly and not in a stilted manner.
I don’t have a Mosaic, but I do have a Chronological NLT. If you don’t have one of these, they aren’t very expensive (they come in hardback and paperback), and I love having Scripture from the same period presented together instead of separated by books. Granted, it’s not a good Bible for Sunday morning pastor following because it may take you longer to find the verses used for reference, but it’s great for reading. Just reading. From beginning to end or any section in between.
AND a list of the blog tour stops can be found in this post.
I mentioned a few days ago that I’d gotten this review copy of The Screwtape Letters: First Ever Full-cast Dramatization of the Diabolical Classic
from Tyndale. Thanks Tyndale!
From amazon:
Product Description
From the award-winning audio drama team that brought you Radio Theatre’s Amazing Grace and The Chronicles of Narnia. In his enduringly popular masterpiece The Screwtape Letters, C. S. Lewis re-imagines Hell as a gruesome bureaucracy. With spiritual insight and wry wit, Lewis suggests that demons, laboring in a vast enterprise, have horribly recognizable human attributes: competition, greed, and totalitarian punishment. Avoiding their own painful torture as well as a desire to dominate are what drive demons to torment their “patients.”The style and unique dark humor of The Screwtape Letters are retained in this full-cast dramatization, as is the original setting of London during World War II. The story is carried by the senior demon Screwtape played magnificently by award-winning actor Andy Serkis (“Gollum” in Lord of the Rings) as he shares correspondence to his apprentice demon Wormwood. All 31 letters lead into dramatic scenes, set in either Hell or the real world with humans—aka “the patient,” as the demons say—along with his circle of friends and family. This Radio Theatre release also stars Geoffrey Palmer (Tomorrow Never Dies), Laura Michelle Kelly (Sweeney Todd), Eileen Page (The Secret Garden), and other world-class actors.Includes 10 new songs inspired by the classic book, four behind-the-scenes video documentary featurettes, and a 5.1 surround sound mix. Four CDs, approx. 4 hours total.
Product Details
- Audio CD
- Publisher: Tyndale Entertainment; Com/DVD edition (September 23, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1589973240
- ISBN-13: 978-1589973244
- Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 5.7 x 0.7 inches
I listened to it twice. The voices and sounds were excellent. It really was quite diabolical. I could picture the demons perched watching the bombings or in an office discussion the patient John. Andy Serkis (Gollum from LOTR) played Screwtape. The music was surprisingly good. Doug Gresham discussed the book and its history at both the beginning and the end of the story. If you are a C.S. Lewis fan, or even just a Screwtape Letters fan, I think you’ll enjoy this one.
Now, go here for a taste of the diabolical!
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