The book is Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy. It was originally published in 1998 by Vintage books. I read the paperback edition. I read it in November of 2024.  The cities of the plain in the Bible are Sodom and Gomorrah. The cities were so evil that God destroyed them with fire and brimstone from... Continue Reading →

The book is Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman. It was originally published in 2012 by Ace Books. I read the paperback edition. I read it in October of 2024.   The title refers to a practice during the Black Plague where the pope would receive people only between two massive fires that were supposed to burn away the... Continue Reading →

The book is Christianity and Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen. It was originally published in 1923. I read the Ichthus paperback edition. I read it in October of 2024.   The title refers to the theme of the book which is the stark differences between Christianity and modernist liberalism. Machen's point is that the liberal version of Christianity that... Continue Reading →

The book is Rabbit, Run by John Updike. It was originally published in 1960 by Alfred A. Knopf a division of Random House. I read the 2012 paperback edition. I read it in September of 2024.   The title refers to the main character Harry Angstrom. His nickname is Rabbit. Although not a lot of people in the book actually call... Continue Reading →