January
*Karl Menninger; Man Against Himself

February
*M. Scott Peck; The Road Less Traveled and Beyond.
*Azar Nafisi; Reading Lolita in Tehran
*Rollene Saal; The NYPL guide to reading groups
*Calvin Trillin; Remembering Denny
*Bob Woodward; Maestro

March
E.L. Doctorow; Waterworks
Virginia Woolf; Jacob's Room

I found this book at goodwill on my birthday in the wonderful town of Grand Island. I haven't participated in many reading groups, as a matter of fact, most have flamed out before even getting off the ground. Online discussions have been another animal. Unfortunately, the cyber-reading group is not addressed at all in Saal's book.

Saal points out that the best groups operate with the fewest rules and that the only "officers" are perhaps a secretary to record what books...

This book is a quick march through racist theories, both pseudo-Christian and evolutionary in origin. Ken Ham effectively demolishes the "curse of Ham" theory by pointing out that it was actually Canaan who was cursed and that Noah was pointing out that in future generations, the children of Canaan would be some of the most corrupt people on the earth. Sodom & Gomorrah bears this out. Ham quotes a book by a Mormon apostle and a publication of the Jehovah's Witnesses who believed...

November
Games People Play; Eric Berne
Stone Cold; David Baldacci
The Red Badge of Courage; Stephen Crane

October
The F word: How to survive your family; Louie Anderson
The Collectors; Dadvid Baldacci
The Book of Lies; Brad Meltzer

September
One Blood: The Biblical answers to racism Ken Ham, et al
Divine Justice; David Baldacci
No Safe Plac Richard North Patterson

August
Kingdoms in...

I picked up this book from a huge used book sale in Hastings, NE. I have never heard of the author and am only aware of certain theological writers like John Dominic Crossan and John Shelby Spong. Victor Paul Furnish's book covers the Apostle Paul, his writings, and the controversies surrounding them in a forceful, yet convincing, manner.

Furnish tackles the notion that the Bible is explicitly against homosexuality by pointing out that according to ancient Jewish writings, the...